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“Uber has taken what could be seen as a massive business hurdle—litigation—and turned it into an asset that drives growth.”
― Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies of How Today’s Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth
― Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies of How Today’s Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth

“If all of this were taking place, Musk, then in his mid-fifties, likely would be the richest man in the world and among its most powerful.”
― Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
― Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

“It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune; and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it. —Nathan Mayer Rothschild”
― The Intelligent Investor
― The Intelligent Investor

“While the idea of equal time for opposing opinions makes sense in a two-party political system, it does not work for science, because science is not about opinion. It is about evidence. It is about claims that can be, and have been, tested through scientific research—experiments, experience, and observation—research that is then subject to critical review by a jury of scientific peers. Claims that have not gone through that process—or have gone through it and failed—are not scientific, and do not deserve equal time in a scientific debate.”
― Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
― Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

“When in doubt, simplify.”
― The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
― The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

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