Embrace naivety / Talk at CSM split this up

There is nothing more interesting or exciting than exciting curious naive and genuinely motivated people. Use that lack of information that lack of experiences to power forward and do things. People will look at you favourably.

Jonathan Quaade

“A heck of a lot of people will think it won’t work. But if you can picture yourself walking through each step, there’s a good chance you know what you’re doing. Just because something’s never been done before doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”

Sequoia Capital • 60 Company Builders Share Their Advice for Startup Founders

There are also people who are para-academic researchers. While there’s a lot of great computer science and human-computer interaction research happening in academia, I’ve often been disappointed by some of the actual interfaces being produced by the ivory tower. Some of the most interesting work seems to be happening outside academia.

Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity - by Celine Nguyen research as leisure activity

Your job is to keep moving until The Idea possesses you. Then, your job is to get out of the way, and let The Idea move you.

Zach

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If I am writing an essay on networking, my brain tingles every time I come across some bit of information that might be useful to explaining networking. It is unbelievable to experience the first few times; tidbits I would have skimmed right over suppressing a yawn in normal times become engrossing when they help answer my question.

Packy McCormick • Long Questions/Short Answers Long Questions/Short Answers

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”

Dostoevsky

“Starting a company isn’t easy — you need an insane amount of conviction. You don’t have to be sure the product will work, but you do need to believe fully in the mission.”

Sequoia Capital • 60 Company Builders Share Their Advice for Startup Founders

She understands that children are a pleasure-seeking species, and that adolescence is a delicious last gasp (the light is most golden just before the shadows fall) of rightful selfishness and cluelessness.

Sam Peitz - The intersection of art and product

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‘there was something about the first spark when I saw the first bubble that I really liked that got me really excited”

to start making something/ realising your dreams you have to be able to imagine a that future and make it real