A head start is rarely large enough to matter, and time spent in stealth mode — away from customers — is unlikely to provide a head start. The only w… - Eric Ries

The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.

Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.

HYPERGROWTH FOR A COMPANY ALSO REQUIRES HYPERGROWTH OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE IT.

Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste. In a manufacturing business, customers don’t care how the product is assembled, only that it works correctly. But in a startup, who the customer is and what the customer might find valuable are unknown, part of the very uncertainty that is an essential part of the definition of a startup.