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"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.

Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.

Designers are optimistic people who are trained to be courageous about the future—and making the future happen. They aren’t always aware of the intricacies of operations and the impacts of the solutions they propose, just like entrepreneurs, but they aren’t afraid of confronting a blank piece of paper (or screen or board) and getting to work making something new.

Dig your well before you're thirsty.

Design is more of a kitchen than a knife, and more of a lab than a beaker.

Do more of what you love, less of what you tolerate and none of what you hate.

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.

Do more and understand that all wealth came from poor people either as the entrepreneurs or the consumers who buy the product that keeps the entrepreneurs in business.

Design your life to minimize reliance on willpower.

Don't fear sharing your best ideas online: 1) Competition already knows what you are up to 2) People like leaders not followers.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

Don't ever let anyone tell you that something is too competitive. Once you subtract the people who don't work very hard, or the people who aren't as good as you, your competition shrinks dramatically.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

Don't take too much advice.

Don’t spend most of your time on the voices that don’t count. Tune out the shallow voices so that you will have more time to tune in the valuable ones.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.

Embrace what you don`t know

Emotions will either serve or master, depending on who is in charge.

Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.

Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.

Dont buy into the 20-hours-a-day entrepreneur myth. You need to sleep 8 hours a day to have a focused mind.

Don't look back and ask, Why? Look ahead and ask, Why not?

Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.

Emails get reactions. Phone calls start conversations.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

Entrepreneur is not a job title. It is a state of mind of people who want to alter the future.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.

Entrepreneurs are the seekers of solutions, and that they will go into these places where both market and traditional aid has failed or traditional charity has failed.

Entrepreneurs don’t do most of the work. Entrepreneurs identify the problems, discover the opportunities and then build processes to allow other people and other things to do the work.

Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.

Entrepreneurs are always super optimistic. If they weren't they wouldn't be entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week.

Entrepreneurs believe that profit is what matters most in a new enterprise. But profit is secondary. Cash flow matters most.

Entrepreneurs constantly confuse what they do with who they are. We're all certainly responsible for what we do, but failing doesn't make us bad people and succeeding doesn't make us omniscient.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink of success.

Entrepreneurs have a great ability to create change, be flexible, build companies and cultivate the kind of work environment in which they want to work.

Entrepreneurs have two basic assets: their creativity and their relationships.

Entrepreneurship is “risky” mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.

Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force. Without straightforward feedback, entrepreneurs cannot make sound decisions.

Entrepreneurs are never satisfied. They want to do things better. They strive for perfection and use all the ingenuity to their command to achieve it.

Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a trick like Amyris, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel?

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

Entrepreneurs are perennially short on cash, so they tend to hire less expensive and less experienced team members. Yet most founders are overworked, so they have no time and budget for coaching and training. Team members not confident in their roles lose motivation quickly.