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NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang: “Money is the only singular reason not to start a company“ “I hope that if I leave you with anything, money is the only singular reason not to start a company. Because starting a company has a very low probability of success. And so if that is your reason for doing it, you will likely regret the experience… You should ... See more

Paul Graham: “Neither Bill Gates nor Mark Zuckerberg knew how big their companies would get” “All they knew was that they were onto something… Maybe it’s a bad idea to have really big ambitions initially, because the bigger your ambitions, the longer they’re going to take to realize and the long you’re projecting into the future, the more likely y... See more

"Ideas are easy. Turning them into a successful product is hard." - Jeff Bezos https://t.co/iPKRfpAZkX

“When you start with nothing, you can shoot for the moon because you have nothing to lose. But when you get something, it’s very easy to go into cover your *%$ mode.” ~ Steve Jobs https://t.co/uPMWmK7Rt0

Brian Armstrong shares the Y Combinator advice that helped Coinbase find product/market fit “The first version of a product you put out doesn’t work. In fact, that’s the only thing I’ve ever seen happen in startups. I’ve never seen a startup where the first version of their product actually worked. Sometimes in hindsight people like to tell that s... See more

This video changed my way of thinking: https://t.co/aORytmucHF

Brian Armstrong shares the most important lesson from his startup failure before Coinbase After realizing he could make $60/hour tutoring as a college student, Brian and his roommate decided to build an online marketplace for tutors. They would match tutors with students and take a 10% fee on all of the payments. It worked great but there was one... See more

I had a chat last night with a billion-dollar SaaS founder/CEO. He's raised $200M at a $2B valuation in 2021. Living the high life in SF with a crazy house and a Porsche 911. On the surface, it seems like he has it all and living the dream. But he called me out of the blue at 11p last night to vent. It’s been 9 years since he started the compan... See more