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Many of the ex-hippies who started companies like Apple, or the early online bulletin boards dedicated to organic food and following the Grateful Dead, were an odd combination of liberals and libertarians.
Glenn Kelman
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The core hacker premise that 'code wins arguments' is just another way of saying that anything is worth trying, regardless of whether it is a conservative or liberal idea, and that whatever works is worth keeping.
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I learned that sometimes you should just tell people the ugliest things about you because those are the things that people trust the most.
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Almost nothing can make you more miserable than when your company is struggling, and only then do you realize that this is exactly when it's almost impossible for a CEO to quit.
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Almost everything is interesting if you work at it.
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Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more.
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To build a great business, you have to do something hard just to be able to withstand all the competition that will later come your way.
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I really admire the fact that whenever Marc Singer gets a call from someone running late, he says he's running late, too. I don't admit that even when it's true. Small, unnoticeable acts of generosity are sometimes the most impressive.
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The most important question venture capitalists ask is what prevents your company from growing faster.
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It's easy to grow 300% in your first year or two, when you're starting with nothing and people first hear about your service. What separates a potential colossus from other businesses is the capacity to keep growing at that rate in years four, five, and beyond.
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You wanna work on something big so that if you win, everybody wins, and you really have an impact on the world. And that can get you out of bed.
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The one thing that Redfin has been really good at has been at delighting people.
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