Innovation Quotes

"Proliferation is catalyzed by two forces: demand and the resulting cost decreases, each of which drives technology to become even better and cheaper" "Consider that children who grew up traveling by horse and cart and burning wood for heat in the late nineteenth century spent their final days traveling by airplane and living in houses warmed by the splitting of the atom" "No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people" "Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea" "You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three" "You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care" "In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need" "When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom" "There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around." "Start wide, expand further, and never look back." "Hell there are no rules here we're trying to accomplish something" "Believe in your idea, trust your instincts, and don't be afraid to fail" "The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom." "The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention." "Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born." "The world is but a canvas to our imagination" "In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks" "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services" "The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration" "They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."