At Imvu, We Opened Up Our Board

Because Startups Often Accidentally Build Something Nobody Wants, It Doesn’t Matter Much If They Do It On Time And On Budget. The Goal Of A Startup Is To Figure Out The Right Thing To Build - The Thing Customers Want And Will Pay For - As Quickly As Possible.

All Innovation Begins With Vision. It’s What Happens Next That Is Critical.

The Hardest Part Is The Grueling Work Of Constantly Being Wrong.

Customers Don't Know What They Want. There's Plenty Of Good Psychology Research That Shows That People Are Not Able To Accurately Predict How They Would Behave In The Future. So Asking Them, 'would You Buy My Product If It Had These Three Features?' Or 'how Would You React If We Changed Our Product This Way?' Is A Waste Of Time. They Don't Know.

The Attributes For Entrepreneurs Cut Both Ways. You Need The Ability To Ignore Inconvenient Facts And See The World As It Should Be And Not As It Is. This Inspires People To Take Huge Leaps Of Faith. But This Blindness To Facts Can Be A Liability, Too. The Characteristics That Help Entrepreneurs Succeed Can Also Lead To Their Failure.