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