Victor W. Hwang > Quotes

“Love is not some fuzzy thing. It drives innovation. As Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker describes, love is an extension of faith to another, where “the line of credit is long and the terms of repayment forgiving.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest Blueprint: How to Design Your Own Silicon Valley | Unleash an Ecosystem of Innovation in Your Company, Organization, or Hometown

“The idea of the company structure, therefore, is a critical artifice in the entrepreneurial innovation process because it replicates the role of currency in the world of goods and services, but it does so for the world of ideas and innovations. Equity (or stock) in an emerging company is the “trust inscribed” of the Rainforest.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

“A cluster is a description of a phenomenon, not a prescription for policy.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

“Successful innovation requires self-sacrifice. It is a form of self-taxation to give up something of value in the short-term for a larger benefit in the long-term.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

“I learned that even if things went really south, you could turn yourself around one year later and be back on top again. You have to be constantly reinventing yourself. Failure is just a dress rehearsal for success.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

“The process of launching a startup company has many similarities to riding a roller coaster. It is a highly irrational act. You will invest blood, sweat, tears, and probably a lot of money for the privilege, and you will probably end up in exactly the same place you started, since the majority of such efforts fail.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

“The emotional part of our brains can control the logical part, but not vice versa.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

“But mistakes don’t define us, they refine us.”
― Victor W. Hwang, The Rainforest Blueprint: How to Design Your Own Silicon Valley | Unleash an Ecosystem of Innovation in Your Company, Organization, or Hometown