"The goal of a private company is, first, zero to one. Get past the product market fit, figure out whether people actually care about what you're trying to build and someone will pay you money for that. That's the zero to one problem. So scaling, one through N, is figuring out can you do that at scale and how big is the scale. And when people pay you more than what it costs for you to make it, does that equation end up leaving you with money left over, i.e. profits."

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Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com

Chamath Palihapitiya

#Past Quotes #Goal Quotes #People Quotes

“The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have had all the benefits that the wealthiest nation on earth has had to offer - the finest homes, the finest college educations, and the finest jobs in Government we can give.”
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
“I talked about my family, my family's so important.”
“I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me.”

Source : "A Disney Princess, Not Winking but Floating" by Margy Rochlin, www.nytimes.com. November 4, 2007.
“Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.”
“The story of the Amazon is a story that has been told by Europeans, you know, by Germans, by Canadians, by Americans.”

Source : "'Serpent' Film Explores, Revives Lost Cultural Knowledge For Colombians". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. February 21, 2016.
“We still have books because they are so brilliantly suited to the way human beings absorb information and at their best, they are among the most beautiful things we have.”
“Two are better than one if two act as one.”

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