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"Rock star is my backup plan."
"Less talking about ideas, more actually building those ideas."
"Embrace competition. Its here to stay... and thank goodness for that."
"I have fun making web apps for markets that have no data. Hence, SeatGeek."
"I have been enjoying getting immersed into the vibrant culture of Silicone "Alley."
"I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"I've never envied someone who led an easy life; I have envied many people who led difficult lives and led them well. - Teddy Roosevelt"
"[Insert lengthy, potentially fake sounding story here]. True story."
"Oh, sweet serendipity!"
"I love helping entrepreneurs and I'm proud to be the banker in a startup t-shirt, sneakers, and a hoodie. "
"Scientists are saying the future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted."
"I love getting things done, and I laugh at my own jokes."
"We live in the future. Advancements in neuroscience have reached new levels. Why aren't we learning things 10x faster yet?"
"Dream Big, You May Never Wake Up - Snoop"
"The brave might not live very long, but the cautious don't live at all."
"Keep grinding."
"...all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer. - Nietzsche"
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"They are only into it to get radical, they'll never understand the spiritual side of it. -Bodhi"
"I love Peter Luger, The High Line, and how NYC has transformed to be a powerful technology hub."
"Always Faithful"
"Much like myself, the Internet's been since around since the 80s."
"Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw"
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
"Life is a journey - every day should be lived as a story worth being told."
"Life is uncertain. Don't sip."
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams"
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain"
"As you grow older, you'll realize that the only things you regret are the things you didn't do. - Zachary Scott"
"Only dead fish go with the flow."
"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today. - Phil Connors"
"Life is for living, not just surviving."
"Nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means."
"Most people miss opportunity when it knocks bc it comes dressed in overalls, looking suspiciously like work. - Edison"
"You can only expect as much as you can imagine."
"Pursue your Passion"
"No brandcuffs"
"It won't happen overnight. But it will happen."
"we are all interested in the future, for that is where you and i are going to spend the rest of our lives. - woody allen "
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
"It’s not how good you are, It’s how good you want to be - Paul Arden"
"The future is unwritten."
"You rarr what you eat"
"Only a boring person is bored by himself."
"Don't be inspired, stay inspired."
"Strangers are the new black."
"Relax!"
"There is nothing wrong with sending an email at 3:00AM."
"Try to give people what they would want if they knew what was possible. Or just give them what they ask for."
"Twitter & Facebook aren't just communication tools. They are gateways to being social and having your voice heard."
"Live your dream and wear your passion"
"You guys are the most annoying people on earth."
"Entry to the mind is through emotion, not logic."
"A major key to success in building your business is always partnerships!"
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become - Steve Jobs"
"Create more value than you can capture - Tim O'Reilly"
"Cogito ergo sum"
"I'm always doing things I don't know how to do, that's how I get to do them"
"Luck is when preparation meets
opportunity."
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra"
"Imagine, aha!, do, momentum"
"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion."
"You get the right guys to play the right things at the right time and you got a motherfucker. - Miles Davis "
"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin"
"JFDI - Mark Suster, Dave Cancel, et al"
"You look good today."
"Do something."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. - Milton Friedman"
"If you love anything you have the capacity to love everything."
"Trust your gut."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"
"I'm your huckleberry."
"New York is simultaneously the best and worst of everything. Being successful here is finding all of the best parts."
"This is so much fun. "
"We've Only Just Begun"
"The best answer we could come up with was, let’s make the damn thing free, and get some VC somewhere to pay for it."
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is. - Shirley MacLaine"
"I go through life like a Karate Kid - Britney Spears "
"Small steps are not enough."
"Always keep your hands in the dirt."
"I failed my way to success. - Thomas Edison"
"Think strategically. Plan tactically. Live urgently."
"fighting an uphill battle against capitalization. "
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharial Nehru"
"pursuing passion and helping visionaries turn nothing into something."
"I have this idea..."
"The future ain't what it used to be. - Yogi Berra"
"Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. - Mandela"
"I like to be scared at least once a week"
"No guts, no glory"
"Family first."
"If it makes me a little bit nervous, I'm probably game."
"From an evolutionary perspective, the smarter the animal, the more it plays"
"Vision over Visibility."
"Give me a museum and I'll fill it. - Pablo Picasso"
"One idea at a time. Preferably one you love."
"When you assume you make an ass out of you and your investors. Show me the data."
"Why would you ask me that? Who wants to do the dishes?"
"Just Do It."
"Be excellent to each other!"
"The soul of Man must quicken to creation. - T.S. Eliot"
"There are some days that catch the light, days like diamonds."
"It's been real, except for the times that were fake. - Jeff Lawrence"
"Ideas = dime/dozen. Execution = |matters|."
"Eat well and prosper."
"Don't dream it, be it. - Frank N. Furter"
"That's a happy problem!"
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
"Be at the right place at the right time. For us, it was Facebook."
"Real artists ship. - Steve Jobs"
"Twitter is just a passing fad, interpreted scripting languages are here to stay."
"Starting small is better than not starting at all."
"I think it's unfair Hasbro is the only company that makes Monopoly."
"I want to put a ding in the universe. - Steve Jobs"
"If you're not the lead dog, the view is always the same."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson"
""I make things happen, and love every minute of it."
"People will stare. Make it worth their while."
"If someone’s not saying no to you everyday, you’re not pushing hard enough"
"expect nothing. earn everything."
"I am hoping that I can be known as a great engineer and entrepreneur some day, rather than a sex symbol."
"You're doing better than you think, but not as well as you could be."
"What we do in life echoes in eternity."
"All I want to be is someone that makes new things and thinks about them."
"I believe in a thing called love / Just listen to the rhythm of my heart."
"Everything is better with a brass section or buffalo sauce."
"Don't be afraid to look stupid. The more you are willing to look stupid and learn, the more you succeed."