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