What's your favorite saying about startup life?

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I personally like "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning". What's yours?

Accepted Answer

Reid Hoffman: "I’ve often said that starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling a plane on the way down."

Uma Venugopal · Answer

That I get to learn as much as anyone who chooses to work with me even though I may not be an expert in that domain: growth, being a Jack of all trades.

Luka Vasic · Answer

"Today you are here; tomorrow who knows where you'll be"

It sounds better in Serbian, and I used it years before my startup life.

Startups are ever-changing; today is great, tomorrow everything goes to s***, and the day after, we fix everything. Every new day is a new adventure, and everything is unpredictable.

Cyril Dubson · Answer

Team relationship should be based on two basic principle: trust and a focus on results.

David M · Answer

Find people who have the same level of passion as you do. Don't be afraid to try something new. Make sure you get your exercise in, you'll be sitting or standing at a desk for a while.

Captn Cav · Answer

Fail fast and Fall forward.

What's your favorite saying about startup life?

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