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" Did you know that Kodak actually invented the digital camera that ultimately put it out of business? Kodak had the patents and a head start, but ignored all that. "

Peter Diamandis

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" I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it. "

" In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup. "

" Now, we connect via Skype or Google+ Hangout and see our friends' and loved ones' faces live. "

" Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization. "

" One thing that humans still do better than computers is recognize images. "

" Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday. "

" Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers. "

" Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success. "

" Future companies will be smaller and more nimble. "

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" If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else. "

" Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms. "

" WhatsApp is both disrupting and demonetizing the entire wireless industry, and now the Facebook acquisition provides the infrastructure needed for WhatsApp to begin offering voice calls. So instead of people paying on average $80 per month, users only have to pay $0.99 per year for the same services. Wireless carriers, beware. "

" If you've been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna. "

" It used to be that, in astronomy, a small team of people could look at photos of a few thousand galaxies and classify and catalog them relatively easily. But now, with a new generation of robotic telescopes scanning the skies constantly and producing millions of images, that's become next to impossible. "

" In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent. "

" Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development. "

" Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress. "

" An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four. "

" It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes. "

" Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well. "

" If you stop and think about it, the form of propulsion used today hasn't changed in over a thousand years... since the invention of fireworks by the Chinese. "

" At its core, bitcoin is a smart currency designed by very forward-thinking engineers. It eliminates the need for banks, gets rid of credit card fees, currency exchange fees, money transfer fees, and reduces the need for lawyers in transitions... all good things. "

" Incentive prizes work. "

" We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet. "

" Every second of every day, our senses bring in way too much data than we can possibly process in our brains. "

" The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child. "

" True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses. "

" Old-style management is irrelevant. "

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" My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species. "