I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.

Life is not a tour of gas stations.

In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.

Anyone who puts a small gloss on a fundamental technology, calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from building on it, is a thief.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to.

The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?