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CHAPTER THREE Sea Truck I’m still amazed that Jeremy Fry entrusted me with the task of developing and selling the Sea Truck.
James Dyson • Invention: A Life
Bill absorbed their good ideas, learned from their bad ones, applied his own even more advanced concepts, and then reveled in the process of teaching what he knew to his teams.
Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh • The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
think I was also surprised by the success of something so simple. That's a mantra for many people in the technology world—simplicity. But what we built wasn't that amazing. It was the idea of putting a couple of things together and being able to establish a lead by doing something really, really simple. How far you can get on a simple idea is amazi
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
Be at-home good
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
Don’t be a hero
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
First, they tried to put themselves in the mindset of a stereotypical engineer. What would be the fastest, cheapest thing to build?
John Zeratsky • Click: How to Make What People Want
Problem Finding + Problem Solving = Well-Designed Life
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
It is my strong belief, and the central concept driving this book, that behind every great product there is someone—usually someone behind the scenes, working tirelessly—who led the product team to combine technology and design to solve real customer problems in a way that met the needs of the business.
Marty Cagan • INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
was committed to make this, his first real attempt