Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
TONY HSIEHSuccess is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
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Twitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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I think everyone should get a little exposure to computer science because it really forces you to think in a slightly different way, and it’s a skill that you can apply in life in general, whether you end up in computer science or not.
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There’s a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
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I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different employees come out and can shine.
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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
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Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.
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If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.
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Money alone isn’t enough to bring happiness… happiness is when you’re actually truly ok with losing everything you have.
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A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it’s harder to turn quickly.
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Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Your personal core values define who you are, and a company’s core values ultimately define the company’s character and brand. For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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If I was going to go into an office I wanted it to be with people I would choose to be around even if we didn’t have to work together and so that was one of the major reasons why I decided out of all the different companies we invested in to work with Zappos.
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Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
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