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Not every show has to work equally well. It just has to work better than any competitor because then we can outbid for the content.
I hate to see anybody be unemployed, but if there's a certain segment of society I think it's political consultants and operatives.
Facebook is such a basic utility. It's something that is such a part of peoples' lives, I think it's hard to imagine it going away.
The whole concept of the travel agent is absurd. They appear to be agents of the traveller but are actually agents of the airlines.
When you're gone would you rather have your gravestone say, 'He never missed a meeting.' Or one that said, 'He was a great father.'
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
This revolution, the information revolution, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy.
Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
The Macintosh was supposed to be the computer for people that just wanted to use a computer without having to learn how to use one.
I believe everyone on earth has a certain goal/dream in life. I also believe anyone can achieve this if they set their minds to it.
Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.
I have always loved the Day of the Dead - a chance to celebrate death rather than to treat it like that awful scene in the cemetery.
My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.
The history of the human race is the history of ordinary people who have overcome their fears and accomplished extraordinary things.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
When it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required.
If I learned one thing working at Facebook: If users are trying to use your app in a certain way, get out of their way and let them.
We don't want to connect you with just anyone on Path. Without the contact list information, some of these features just don't work.
What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.
To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions.
As we say at Year Up all the time, investing in our young people is not just a matter of economic justice. It's good business sense.
Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick exit. It is centered on long-term value creation.
Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly
So you go on and on, with this intellectual fly down, your underwear exposed, and toilette paper hanging out the back of your pants.
Through the Fellows Program, Acumen Fund prepares future global leaders with the tools necessary to drive significant social change.
Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.
When I was 7 years old, I plagiarized, word for word, stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.
And I still buy books at B&N, Borders and Elliot Bay ... I probably shouldn't admit this. But I don't care. I love great bookstores.
I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.
We're working on New Glenn, which is our orbital vehicle, but we have in our mind's eye an even bigger vehicle called New Armstrong.
I've always wanted to be a professional dancer, I'd always wanted to be a ballerina. I trained for 13 years but it never came to be.
I don't know why records are treated different than books. I don't know why an Eminem record is different than a Stephen King movie.
Today's stock market actually hates technology, as shown by all-time low price/earnings ratios for major public technology companies
There is an enormous market demand for information. It just has to be fulfilled in a way that fits with the technology of our times.
If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster.
The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.
The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world. All we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put around them!
I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem.
Every one of today's smartphones has thousands of times more processing power than the computers that guided astronauts to the moon.
Every time you write an email, it is in the public domain. There are all these ways where security is not as good as people believe.
Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you - as entrepreneurs do.
The challenge when you think about product distribution is: how are you competing for potential customers or potential members time?
It would be impossible for me to give you a list of the top 10 songs that shake my life. Far more music went in to it than just ten.
Customer Development changes almost every aspect of startup behavior, performance, metrics, and, as often as not, success potential.
What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
Find people who are competent and really bright, but more importantly, people who care exactly about the same things you care about.
When you embrace the uncertain, life opens up unusual new paths. Seeds sown way back bloom as flowers, in ways one can never fathom.
You may not believe in anything called a work-life balance, but your body certainly does. You need to monitor and nurture your body.