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Startup Engineering in Quotes Matt Nemenman [email protected] @quarterdome Wednesday, May 29,

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A collection of quotes about startups, engineering, and building great teams and products.

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Page 1: Startup Engineering in Quotes

Startup Engineering in Quotes

Matt [email protected]

@quarterdome

Wednesday, May 29,

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“Every time an engineer joins Google,

a startup dies.” - Chris Dixon

Wednesday, May 29,

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“People who don’t take risks generally make about

two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two

big mistakes a year.”

-  Peter Drucker  

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Product

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“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be

done at all.”

- Peter F. Drucker

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“Features are like kids, once you have them you have to support them for the rest of

your life.”

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“Do not compromise” 

- Steve Jobs 

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“Do not compromise.”

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Process

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“Move fast, break things.”

- Mark Zuckerberg

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“Process is an embedded reaction to

prior stupidity.”- Clay Shirky

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“It is not done until it ships.”

- Steve Jobs

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“Done is better than perfect.”

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“Engineers don’t hate process. They hate process that can’t

defend itself.” 

- Michael Lopp (Rands)

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Tech

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“Boycott complexity!”

- Misha Dynin

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“Always leave the campground cleaner than you found it.”

- National Park Service

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“We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet.”

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“... a startup should always be running at the ragged edge of what their systems can handle: to do otherwise would mean that you're not using all your

resources efficiently.”

- Piaw Na

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“Generals always fight the last war, especially if

they have won it.” 

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The End

“I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original

thinking.”

- Dorothy L. Sayers

Wednesday, May 29,