“It sucks and it hurts my feelings, but it hasn’t stopped me from taking risks. I have this faith that we’re going to get there, that we’re going to pull it out.”
Color founder Bill Nguyen, on being the butt of jokes in Silicon Valley for his company’s failed app, Bloomberg, 7 May 2012
“Although there are risks in moving too fast, companies often don’t survive long enough to apologize for moving too slow.”
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, demonstrating his utter unfamiliarity with the giant zombies of Silicon Valley, Business Insider, 7 May 2012
“As I told you on Friday, the board is reviewing the issue and I will provide whatever they need from me. In the meantime, I want you to know how deeply I regret how this issue has affected the company and all of you.”
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, expressing how sorry he is that he was caught lying on his résumé, AllThingsD, 7 May 2012
“It’s almost like if you don’t pivot three or four times you’re doing it wrong.”
Evernote CEO Phil Libin, on parlaying a foolish consistency into a $1 billion valuation for his online-storage company, AllThingsD, 3 May 2012
“If it’s been done before, you know, you’re not really an entrepreneur.”
PayPal cofounder turned Facebook backer Peter Thiel, on how one should avoid doing silly things like launching yet another online-payments startup or the umpteenth social network, Forbes, 29 April 2012
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