Business quotes from people who actually built something

Specific knowledge is the knowledge that you care about.

You can be ethical simply because you’re long-term greedy.

You might think that institutions, with their large staffs of highly-paid and experienced investment professionals, would be a force for stability and reason in financial markets. They are not.

I would rather be certain of a good result than hopeful of a great one.

The problem is desire. We need to want these things.

The world does not belong to the big, but to the fast.

And the problem is will. We need to build these things.

They tend to take the market and themselves too seriously.

The outrage is the product, and the controversy is the engine.

The siren call for many entrepreneurs isn't money, it's freedom.

There is a correlation, and money can buy happiness, to a point.

The most successful entrepreneurs are driven by legacy over currency.

A great post has C+ writing and A+ storytelling, insight, or analysis.

The typical investor has a great advantage over the large institutions.

When you take venture money, you work for your investors, not yourself.

If your goal is to make money, buying a home is not the best investment.

The price of monopoly is upon every occasion the highest which can be got.

If you don't love what you do, of course it's going to be hard to put in work.

As riches, improvement, and population, have increased, interest has declined.

They've just become completely focused on the activity instead of the outcome.

The best way to be good at sales is to genuinely believe in what you're selling.

If you choose vanilla, you'll fade into the rest of the vanilla noise on the internet.

If you try to appeal to everyone, you won't necessarily appeal to anyone in particular.

Most people overestimate risk and underestimate reward.