Book Titles

The Start-up of You
Adapt, Take Risks, Grow Your Network, and Transform Your Career

By Ben Casnocha, Reid Hoffman

Year Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0307888907
Categories: Career, Networking, Startups

72 Quotes Found

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The Start-up of You:

The person passionate about what he or she is doing will outwork and outlast the guy motivated solely by making money.

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The Start-up of You:

You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges.

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The Start-up of You:

…ultimately, the success of all businesses depends on customers willing to sign on the line that is dotted.

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The Start-up of You:

…in the start-up world, competition – or lack thereof – makes a big difference.

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The Start-up of You:

How you spend your free time may reveal your true interests and aspirations; compare them to what you say your aspirations are.

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The Start-up of You:

It’s unwise, no matter your stage of life, to try to pinpoint a single dream around which your existence revolves.

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The Start-up of You:

…just because your heart comes alive at a calling doesn’t mean someone will pay you to do it.

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The Start-up of You:

In reality, most companies don’t execute a single brilliant master plan. They go through stops and starts, a couple near-death experiences, and a great deal of adaptation.

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The Start-up of You:

…most of us zig and zag our way through life.

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The Start-up of You:

Winning careers, like winning start-ups, are in permanent beta: always a work in progress.

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