The first year or two will look a lot like you know, kind of early.com companies, some of which were complete flame out and some of which were enduring institutions. Amazon being an example.
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The best time to think about the exit is before you start the company. If you don't know why you're building something or what success looks like, you'll never achieve it.
Charlie Munger — Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Q&A
I've realized that building something special, you have to be able and willing to be non-consensus driven.
Cristóbal Valenzuela
We place life's bets by countless calculations of probability, conscious and unconscious, only to discover over and over how short they fall of the wildest reaches of the possible, which always includes but exceeds the probable. It helps to remember that we ourselves are children of improbability, that everything we treasure exists not because it had to, not because it was likely or necessary, but because the universe took a gamble against the staggering odds otherwise.
Maria Popova