If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public
People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.
The most common mistakes are showing people your product- don't show them your product, it's sort of like telling them bout a feature.
Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really lucky and. . . are representative of some huge class of people who all want the same thing you do. . . but very often that just turns into a side project that doesn't go anywhere.
A goal of Twitch is to be wherever gamers are, whether its on laptops and handheld devices or integrated into gaming consoles and software.
You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there.
This is true for most new products. The majority of people you're competing with are non-users. They are people who have never used your service before. And what they say is actually the most important. What they say is the thing that blocks you from expanding the size of your market with your features.
The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character.
The men were wild as ourang-outans, and the women fit only to flog cattle.
Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding.
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.