Gordon Swaby

“trying to master it.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“Multiple studies have confirmed that these two motivations are the most common. In the Kauffman Foundation’s study of 549 founders of American technology startups, 75% of the respondents said that building wealth was a very important motivation for becoming an entrepreneur and 64% said the same of wanting to own their own businesses.16 Likewise, the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics asked 1,214 respondents about their motives for starting a business. The top six motivations were control motivations, such as freedom to take one’s own approach to work and fulfilling a personal vision, and wealth-building motivations, such as gaining financial security and building great wealth.17 The CareerLeader”
― Noam Wasserman, The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“If you treat the future as something definite, it makes sense to understand it in advance and to work to shape it.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future