"The only thing that we know about financial predictions of start-ups is that 100 percent of them are wrong"

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Source : Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson (2016). “Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist”, p.26, John Wiley & Sons

Brad Feld

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“[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to be accepted by students solely on the basis of the teacher's assurance that it will be helpful in later life. [And yet,] mathematlcs is the key to understanding and mastering our physical, social and biological worlds.”
“My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren't with me I haven't a thing in the world.”
“Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights - literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish.”

Source : Jennifer Stone (1992). “Telegraph Avenue then”, Regent Pr
“The government is a giant logjam in the eternal river of human potential.”
“I am an average player, but even the great players don't have an average of 42, with a strike-rate of 75.”
“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.”
“This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn.”
“The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.”

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