Frank Barragan

“William Blake wrote, “We are put on earth for a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“Startup CEOs should not play the odds. When you are building a company, you must believe there is an answer and you cannot pay attention to your odds of finding it. You just have to find it. It matters not whether your chances are nine in ten or one in a thousand; your task is the same.”
― Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship

“Now, instead of asking, “How can I get more people to listen to me, how can I get the word out, how can I find more followers, how can I convert more leads to sales, how can I find more clients, how can I pay my staff . . . ?” you can ask, “What change do I seek to make?”
― Seth Godin, This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See

“Peter Drucker, the esteemed master on entrepreneurship summarized it best. Business is nothing but marketing and innovation. Everything else is just a cost center. If your phone is not ringing, you don’t have a business; you have a hobby.”
― Lance Edwards, How to Make Big Money in Small Apartments