Book Titles

Lost and Founder
A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World

By Rand Fishkin

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0735213326
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Startups

83 Quotes Found

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Lost and Founder:

…if possible, build your expertise before you build your network, and build your network before you build your company.

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Lost and Founder:

One of the great things startups can do is massively accelerate your career path.

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Lost and Founder:

…don’t go in blinded by the money. Most of the time, startups are a comparatively poorly rewarded labor of passion.

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Lost and Founder:

Values may not make you money in the short term, but they’re invaluable to any businesses in the long term.

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Lost and Founder:

…sticking to values makes it possible to look in the mirror without hating the person staring back.

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Lost and Founder:

…great organizations are made up of people who share fundamental core values and use these as their guiding light for decisions big and small.

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Lost and Founder:

In the professional world, we’re accustomed to hiring for competence… but if you want extraordinary results, it can’t be the only thing you seek.

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Lost and Founder:

…when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. – Maya Angelou

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Lost and Founder:

If you’re not willing to sacrifice and to make money-costing and painful decisions that bias to your values, don’t bother having them.

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Lost and Founder:

Real values are truths you hold to be more important than making money.

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