Jack Dorsey’s lesser-known co-founder, Jim McKelvey, wrote a book about creating Square.
You’ve probably never heard of it (or him).
Here are 11 of my favorite quotes from his boom The Innovation Stack:
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You’ve probably never heard of it (or him).
Here are 11 of my favorite quotes from his boom The Innovation Stack:
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“You’ll find more entrepreneurs in 12 step programs than you will in business school.”
“Patterns are funny things, for you can see them your entire life without ever noticing them. But once you finally notice, they appear everywhere.”
“Square grew 10% every week for two years without advertising. Our customers told our story, a simple story that anyone could understand and repeat.”
“If you leave the world of the known, you are either an entrepreneur or a corpse.”
“If you view every problem through the lens of the Serenity Prayer, a small subset of problems comes sharply into focus—those unsolved problems we have the power and courage to solve: they are our perfect problems.”
“Venture capital is for expansion, not exploration.”
“Entrepreneurial companies are focused not on their competitors, but on their customers.”
“Disruption has become the high-fructose corn syrup of business, an overused ingredient sprayed on pitches and injected into keynotes in the hope of disguising the familiar taste of conformity.”
“The vast majority of entrepreneurial ventures did not steal their customers from any established business, but rather brought new people into a market.”
“I saw a cascade of failures over my lifetime resulting from knowing how to do something, but ignoring when to do it. I decided to become a student of when.”
“The actions of an entrepreneurial firm can actually drive change, sometimes supplying that missing element. In other words, leaping can cause you to grow wings.”
Hopefully, you enjoyed a few of these.
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If you are into positive vibes and leadership, be sure to give me a follow >> @MrJacobEspi
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Enjoy your day, my friends.
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