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:

It’s not enough that candidates are qualified to work for your startup; they must also believe in the product, because working for a startup is closer to a religion than a way to make a living.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Failure… is often a better teacher than success – especially when it’s a failure on some other company’s dime.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Sometimes it pays to ignore the lack of a perfect and relevant background, while at other times it pays to ignore the presence of the perfect and relevant background.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Performing well in one area is tough enough; trying to find people who can do everything is Mission: Impossible.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

A realistic description is that startups take four to five years of long hours at low pay with incredible highs and depressing lows with the constant fear of running out of money. And this is if things go well.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Life is too short to work with people you don’t like – especially in a startup.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

Every day is a new contract between startups and their employees.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

The lesson is this: don’t recruit to make an investor happy. Recruit to build a great startup.

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The Art of the Start 2.0:

…evangelism is about what you do for your customers – not about what you want to become.

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