All memos tagged #expression

"Ask for money, get advice. Ask for advice, get money twice." is an #expression, popularized by Pitbull, which is now used to convey the counter-intuitive insights to entrepreneurs raising capital. As...

"Date before you marry" is an #expression often shared by seasoned, Silicon Valley founders, executives, and investors—comparing the 'founder and investor' relationship to marriage to stress the impor...

"Don’t buy yesterday's technology for tomorrow's prices."

"Fail early, fail often" is an #expression commonly shared with entrepreneurs. Learning from mistakes is natural and taking risks is what entrepreneurs do. That doesn't mean you fetishize failure. [2]...

Fac, si facis (Do It If You’re Going To Do It) The painter Edgar Degas, though best known for his beautiful Impressionist paintings of dancers, toyed briefly with poetry. As a brilliant and creative m...

Carpe Diem (Seize The Day) Locked in prison by Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) in Shakespeare’s Richard II, Richard II gives a haunting speech about his hopeless fate. One line stands out, as it captures...

Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly) From the Roman historian Suetonius, we learn that festina lente was the motto of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. “He thought nothing less becoming in a well-trained l...

"Good artists copy; great artists steal" has been attributed to numerous sources. [1] The adage was engrained in my mind, and process, by the book 'Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You Abou...

The #expression "principle isn't prophecy"—itself being a #principle—warns of the allure that guiding principles have "Fail early, fail often" as a principle provides guidance, but—when viewed as pro...

"So let it be written, so let it be done." is an #expression, often used in a religious context, that refers to the making an important decision. [1] The phrase is a representation of the power which ...

"If it works it’ll be perfect." is an #expression highlighting the dangers of perfectionism.

Good founders copy, great founders steal. is an #expression that's #coming_soon *This Living Document is #in_progress. Want to see it now? Tell me why.