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