Andy Dunn > Quotes

“It occurred to me then that the best way to build influence with someone is to accept their influence to begin with.”
― Andy Dunn, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind

“Dr. Z would one day explain the father-son relationship to me this way: For the son, his father begins as a deity on a pedestal. The father can do no wrong. As the son ages, he discovers that his father is flawed, mortal, and full of frailty: an oedipal fall from grace. The son is filled with disappointment, hurt, and anger over his dad’s imperfections. The father starts to sink in the son’s eyes, slowly sometimes, and other times all at once. What follows is conflict and resentment. As the son’s psyche grinds against his father’s, men are forged. Boys become men. Or they don’t. Only some dads survive the son’s journey intact. Before they do, they all fall down.”
― Andy Dunn, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind

“My internship—landed with the help of a fraternity connection—was at Deloitte, a management consulting firm where smart senior people give clients advice and junior people, who have no idea what they’re trying to do, make PowerPoint presentations, run Excel models, and pretend they’re not frauds. It was my first real job in the business world, and I loved it.”
― Andy Dunn, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind

“I start searching for one-way tickets and am surprised to discover that you can fly Spirit Airlines from Las Vegas to Chicago for under $74. Even manic me doesn’t really want to fly Spirit, though, so I choose a flight with an auspicious number, 2345, on American.”
― Andy Dunn, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind

“For the son, his father begins as a deity on a pedestal. The father can do no wrong. As the son ages, he discovers that his father is flawed, mortal, and full of frailty: an oedipal fall from grace. The son is filled with disappointment, hurt, and anger over his dad’s imperfections. The father starts to sink in the son’s eyes, slowly sometimes, and other times all at once. What follows is conflict and resentment. As the son’s psyche grinds against his father’s, men are forged. Boys become men. Or they don’t. Only some dads survive the son’s journey intact. Before they do, they all fall down.”
― Andy Dunn, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind

“A small bid for help can be, privately, a gigantic effort, imperceptible to its recipient, and crushing to the bidder if rejected.”
― Andy Dunn, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind