David Sze famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.
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The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.
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For us, whether the market is skewed from a bubble perspective or not really is mitigated by staying focused on what we do best.
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I think that it will be the mobile technologies, both from the enterprise and the consumer side, where super unicorns will come from. I still believe that social networking in combination with mobile will create opportunities for super unicorns.
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Founded in August 2003, MySpace would go on to be the most-visited social networking site in the world from 2005 until early 2008.
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When I started in the business in 1999 and 2000, we had companies that were going public in two, three or four years.
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College is a magic time. Yes, youre young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college experience... Then you graduate from that. You have your first job, moving to a new city.
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Every social network on Earth pitches me, and I say no to nearly every single one of them.
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I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.
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I do what I feel is right. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.
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I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action.
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A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
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No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.
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No matter what an architect may be at home, he becomes a monumentalist when he comes to Washington.
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I'm a big proponent of having a mental health component go along with whatever the physical realities are.
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