今時の起業家による10の格言

今日は軽く、最近の起業家による格言的なものをいくつか。長いのを読む時間も労力もない時にでもちょっとしたインスパイアがあるかも、です。どれもシンプルなので訳は割愛しますが、質問があればコメント欄にお願いします。

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” —Jack Dorsey, Twitter and Square

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston, Dropbox founder and CEO

“Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” —Tony Hsieh,  Zappos CEO

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” —Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO

“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” —Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’ ” —Tom Preston-Werner, Github co-founder

“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” — Ryan Freitas, About.me co-founder

“A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is. 2. Who its customers are. 3. How to make money.”—Dave McClure, 500Startups co-founder

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” —Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” —Ben Silbermann, Pinterest founder

 

人生論的なものから実用レベルのものまで様々ですが、腑に落ちるものもいくつかあるのでは。

では今日はこの辺で。