A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.

Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.

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?

Who has the data has the power.

Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.

What new technology does is create new opportunities to do a job that customers want done.

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