Quotes

“We started with two empty hands.” Icelandic expression It’s hard to believe the frugal and hardworking Icelanders have gone bankrupt. I re-read Njal’s Saga every few years and find new nuggets each time. In Letter from Iceland, Robert Jackson reported November 14, 2008 in the Financial Times on the complete meltdown of Iceland’s financial system.

Continuing my twitter experiment I have selected a quote every couple of days that I believe is applicable to the challenges of entrepreneurship. At the end of the month I collect these quotes for entrepreneurs into a blog post. Enter your E-mail if you would like new blog posts to your inbox.

Continuing my twitter experiment from April, May, June, and July I have continued to select a quote every couple of days that I believe is applicable to the challenges of entrepreneurship. I collect these quotes for entrepreneurs into a blog post at the end of the month. Enter your E-mail if you would like new

Continuing my twitter experiment from April, May, and June more quotes about the challenges of entrepreneurship.  I collect these quotes for entrepreneurs into a blog post at the end of the month. Enter your E-mail if you would like new blog posts to your inbox.

Two from “Knots” by R.D. Laing “What Jack says about Jill, Says more about Jack, Than it does about Jill.” If I don’t know I don’t know, I think I know If I don’t know I know, I think I don’t know Three that I have not been able to source: “Listen for what isn’t

Continuing my twitter experiment from April and May I try to select a good quote every couple of days that is applicable to the challenges of entrepreneurship.  I collect these quotes for entrepreneurs into a blog post at the end of the month. Enter your E-mail if you would like new blog posts to your inbox.

VentureHacks offered three “micro hacks” today that I thought were very good operating principles for bootstrapping ventures as well. Don’t ask investors what they think. Ask your customers. It’s easier to get money from a customer than an investor. It’s easier to get real feedback on your offer as well. Customers are much less susceptible

Some chess quotes for entrepreneurs. You can follow @skmurphy to get these quotes for entrepreneurs hot off the mojo wire or wait until the end of the month when they are collected on the blog. Enter your E-mail if you would like new blog posts to your inbox.

Inspired by Dharmesh Shah I have also started to post these quotes for founders irregularly to my Twitter account. But to save you from having to add one more time sucking application that would take you away from your E-mail I will also be posting them in batches (at the end of the month after

Here is a short collection of quotes on courage that I think are especially useful for entrepreneurs, who need the “courage to continue” to succeed.