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Tons of good ones mixed in with the platitudes. Here are some favorite quips from other people that I've saved:

"Sell before you build" - Paul Nuchheit

“Be a cockroach, impossible to kill”

“Do stuff that doesn’t scale”

“Launch early”

Ask "five why's" to get to the root of what customers want. Usually, it will reveal "they want simplicity."

"don't sacrifice the WHY in the process of speeding up the WHAT and HOW" - Hunter Walk

"To achieve great things, two things are needed - a plan and not quite enough time" - Leonard Bernstein

"The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame." - Salman Rushdie



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