Book Titles

The Art of the Start 2.0
The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

By Guy Kawaksaki

Year Published: 2015
ISBN-13: 978-0241187265
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Founders, Startups

144 Quotes Found

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

The first version of a product is always flawed, but how it evolves is as important as how it begins.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

In the beginning, every entrepreneur is scared. It’s just that some deceive themselves about it, and others don’t.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Don’t wait for perfection. Good enough is good enough. There is time for refinement later.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Entrepreneurship is at its best when it alters the future, and it alters the future when it jumps curves…

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Elegance is the combination of power and simplicity. Elegance is what is not here, not what is. It cuts through the noise, captures our attention, and engages our hearts.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

You don’t fight great products – they become one with you.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Startups should position themselves with comparable clarity by answering one simple question: What do you do?

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Today brands are built on what people are saying about them on social media – not on what companies are saying about themselves.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

In the end, it is better to flow with what’s going rather than to prop up something that’s not credible.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

…one strategy is to do things indiscriminately for people and rack up points on the karmic scoreboard for later.

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