The Best Reason To Start An Organization

Pursue Joy, Not Happiness. This Is Probably The Hardest Lesson Of All To Learn. It Probably Seems To You That The Goal In Life Is To Be Happy. Oh, You Maybe Have To Sacrifice And Study And Work Hard, But, By And Large, Happiness Should Be Predictable.

Let's Say A Startup Is Hot. It Ships Something Great, And It Achieves Success. Thus, It's Able To Attract The Best, Brightest, And Most Talented. These People Have Been Told They're The Best Since Childhood. Indeed, Being Hired By The Hot Company Is "proof" That They Are The A And A+ Players; In Fact, The Company Is So Hot That It Can Out-recruit Google And Microsoft.

Original Visions Are Often Wrong. Companies Have To Morph As They Learn What Customers Don't Want.

To Say That Windows 95 Is Just Like The Mac Is Like Finding A Potato In The Shape Of Jesus And Thinking You Have Witnessed The Second Coming

My Theory Is That When You're Young, You Should Work Eighty Hours A Week To Create A Product Or Service That Changes The World.