Delirium Tremens: May 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

Some nuggets of wisdom: Silicon Valley Comes To Oxford - 2009

This is a repost, borrowed in full from http://letsgoexploring.blogspot.com/2009/11/silicon-valley-comes-to-oxford-2009.html. But, reading it i thought that this has to be a part of the blog. My apologies if i'm flouting any copyright rules.

Some nuggets of wisdom:

"If you're not embarrassed by your first product, you've launched too late." -- Reid Hoffman

"You pitch an entrepreneur with success.. not with work-life balance." -- Reid Hoffman

"Don't fall in love with your product. Stay close to the market." -- Kim Polese

"The future will be there." -- Reid Hoffman

"There is an alchemy that takes place when you decide to share something publicly rather than privately - it becomes valuable" -- Biz Stone

"Deciding to take on a global issue doesn't mean you need to be arrogant enough to think you're going to solve them." -- Biz Stone

"Don't be afraid to start over again. Don't forget to trust your gut. Contradictory? Maybe. But you need both." -- Kim Polese

"Most people use only 7 sites. If you want to insert a new one into their lives, ask yourself.. which one are you replacing?" -- Reid Hoffman

"Innovation is spelled R-I-S-K." -- Reid Hoffman

"Which one of the 7 deadly sins is your social product subscribing to?" -- Reid Hoffman

"Humour is the delivery mechanism for truth." -- Biz Stone

"Sometimes the founder isn't the best person to be the CEO.. kinda like a rock band!" -- Kim Polese

"There's nothing that is massively successful that doesn't have some luck. But you have to plan for both good and bad luck." -- Reid Hoffman

"Entrepreneurism means becoming mortal.. being able to give it 100% and be able to fail." -- Biz Stone

"The future is always sooner and stranger than you think." -- Reid Hoffman

"You don't motivate people by being a cheerleader." -- Kim Polese

"The failure of imagination does not constitute an insight into necessity." -- Reid Hoffman