Failure

on Aug 17, 2010
When you build a startup to target a specific opportunity in the market, you may fail. You didn't manage to grab the opportunity, and now it's gone. On to the next opportunity.

But when you stop chasin…
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Fur trapper

on Aug 17, 2010
"I would never be happy playing by the normal rules of business. I wanted to distance myself as far as possible from those pasty-faced corpses in suits I saw in airline magazine ads... I wanted to be …
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Doing the opposite

on Aug 17, 2010
Ellison has said on several occasions that he reached what he is today by doing the opposite of what was expected of him.

"The most important aspect of my personality, as far as determining my success …
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What you signal

on Aug 12, 2010
I love the photo that John and Gaia at the Fuck it retreat place ("The hill that breathes") use on an otherwise pretty tightly designed site:

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It clearly signals what they stand for at that place. Not s…
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