25 Entrepreneurial Proverbs

From Tim and Marc via Dane

1. It’s good to be king
2. Losing sucks
3. Building to flip is building to flop
4. Prudence becomes procrastination
5. Momentum builds on itself
6. Jump when you are more excited than afraid
7. Pay attention to the idea that won’t leave you alone
8. If you keep your secrets from the market, the market will keep its secrets from you
9. Immediate yes is immediate no
10. Build what you know
11. Give people what they need, not what they say they need
12. Your ideas will get better the more you know about business
13. Three is fine; two, divine
14. Work only with people you like and believe in
15. Work with people who like and believe in you, just naturally
16. Great things are made by people who share a passion, not by those who have been talked into one
17. Cool ideas are useless without great needs
18. Build the simplest thing possible
19. Solve problems, not potential problems
20. Test everything with real people
21. Start with nothing, and have nothing for as long as possible -
22. The best investor pitches are plainspoken
23. No means maybe and yes means maybe
24. For investors, the product is nothing —
25. The best way to get investment is not to need it