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Steve Blank Quotes

In a web/mobile startup, coding is not an outsourced activity. It's an integral part of the company's DNA.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: 1953

Topics

DNA Company Activity Part Coding

I had been writing for the 'Late Show' for about four years when I started writing short stories. I had a blast writing the stories because I was writing in a voice more my own, as opposed to a man's. HBO ended up buying four of them. I think that had a direct impact on my decision to write a book.

Decision Man Writing Book Think

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

Mom Speak English Quite Swedish Dad

Marc Lore has been a mentor of mine for a long time. He taught me how to hire people and how to do the hardest thing in business, which is to make a great culture. I believe Marc is the most innovative and ambitious e-commerce entrepreneur on the planet.

Business Great Time Culture People

Prince never, ever mentioned it except to say he wished he was taller so he could play basketball. He was actually a really great basketball player.

Great Basketball Play Say Never He

We're not the prettiest bunch of animals in the world.

World Animals Prettiest Bunch

Despite what people think of cowboys, they take pride in how they look, and that look is important to them.

People Think Pride Look Important

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

Sophie Kinsella

Knowledge Finance People Economics

I first thought maybe I'd do a banjo presentation record, where I'd play a couple of songs and get a bunch of other players to do the rest. Then I realized I had enough of my own songs to do an album of them.

Rest Thought Enough Play My Own Own

I like to write at home a lot.

Home Write Like Lot

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning foreign policy. But as a citizen in a democracy, it's very important that I participate in that.

Life Learning Democracy Reading Talk

I make short films, little documentaries, about the co-evolution of humans and technology.

Technology Short Little Short Films

While we don't have the authority on the state level to change federal policy, my fellow governors and I do have a duty to protect our states' citizens, and we have a personal responsibility to act when we have the power to do so.

Change Power Responsibility Personal

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