The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

“If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.”

But Kevin still wanted to be helpful. He noticed that Square didn’t have a video demo on their website showing how the device worked. So on his own he put together a high-definition video showing off the device and then shared the video with Jack just as an fyi. Impressed, Jack turned around and invited Kevin to invest in the “full” Series A round

“There is no I in team” is wrong, too. There is an I in team. A team is made up of individuals with different strengths and abilities.

In fact, the word company is derived from the Latin cum and pane, which means “breaking bread together.”[1]

“The team you build is the company you build.”

No matter how brilliant your mind or your strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.

Don’t wait until you feel ready—because we’re almost never “ready” for the biggest and best developments of our lives.

“Get out of the weeds. Go where there’s fast growth, because fast growth creates all opportunities.”

“The reason I don’t have a plan is because if I have a plan I’m limited to today’s options,”