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4 people · 5 quotes · 20 Jul 2023 to 12 Feb 2026
4 of 4 lanes rest on fewer than 5 quotes and are marked thin. Offsets are days from the middle first-quote date, 21 Feb 2024 — a date, and nothing else. It is not a claim about who reached a view first.
Gurley advocates against tribalism, arguing people shouldn't let one group decide their opinions on everything.
“And I just feel like there's no reason that 50% of the world should have their opinion on everything decided by one group of people.”
Marks says output quality is the one thing within your control when randomness governs so much else.
“One thing within your control is the quality of your output. Amen. You should have a simple goal to put out a product which is the highest quality you can.”
Patel says most people will respond to outreach but almost nobody tries.
“One of things I learned early on is you can talk to anyone on the Internet. You can just reach out to anyone, and most people just say yes, but no one does it.”
Friedberg advises students to move on from past failures to focus on the present and create their future.
“I started saying is move on from the past to focus on the present to create the future.”
Gurley recommends executives develop five peers in similar companies for quarterly knowledge sharing.
“I've often gone to my founders or CEOs and I say, you should tell every one of your direct reports to develop five peers in nearby companies, not direct competitors, things that look similar, and have them meet with them four times a year and then bring back and report up.”