Innovation Quotes

"The Internet of Things will augment your brain" "Technology is always evolving, and companies need to fundamentally innovate and change themselves to keep up" "One of the most fundamental points is that there's no such thing as a good or bad idea regardless of price " "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late" "Sometimes freedom from normal rules is what gives you the edge" "No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long-term if you don’t have a sufficiently good product" "Our industry does not respect tradition, it only respects innovation." "Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future." "The coming wave is defined by two core technologies: artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology" "No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people" "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." "When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom" "In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need" "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" "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" "Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea" "Throughout history, population size and innovation levels are linked" "Over time, then, the implications of these technologies will push humanity to navigate a path between the poles of catastrophe and dystopia. This is the essential dilemma of our age" "From the written word to sailing vessels, technology increases interconnectedness, helping to boost its own flow and spread. Each wave hence lays the groundwork for successive waves" "The ability to change faster than your competition purely, purely as a function of the ability to get feedback from the market and respond to it, that iterative process—we think is magical"