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" What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life. "
Guy Kawasaki
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" My perspective is this: my allegiance is to the best product for my needs. For a computer, this means Macintosh. For phone and tablet, this means Android. "
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" Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws. "
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" The good news about entrepreneurship is that your fate is in your hands. The bad news is that your fate is in your hands! "
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" If you provide enough value, then you earn the right to promote your company in order to recruit new customers. The key is to always provide value. "
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" Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap. "
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" What I learned from my kids is that the greatest joy in life is not from material trappings, power, or visibility. The greatest joy comes from your kids. Nothing is even close to my kids in terms of bringing me joy. "
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" I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family. "
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" Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make. "
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" Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple... old habits die hard. "
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" Many Android users aren't aware of some the things that Android can already do such as supporting the enforcement of companywide security policies, encrypting phone data and providing e-mail and calendar widgets that update in real-time. Our job is to help people and businesses discover and use these features. "
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" A simple summary of my life is that my parents worked very hard so that I could have a great education, and I took that education and worked very hard to get where I am. I would like my kids' lives to be exactly the same. "
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