“You're going to pull out your phone and try to use whatever is the most appropriate app on your iPhone or your Android device. Yelp saw that very early on. And when we launched the mobile product, we saw immediate growth, and we were stunned.” TryingUseGrowthSawsProductsPhonesAppropriateDevicesMobileIphoneAppsStunnedAndroids Author:Max Levchin
“We weren’t trying to strike it rich with Firefox. It’s open source and it’s free. We weren’t trying to take over the world; we had kind of modest goals, and it was OK if it failed. We were a lot freer to make risky decisions. If you can afford to do things that way, it’s just so much better. You’re not thinking about venture capitalists or marketing or sales. Just product and users, all day every day.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTryingKindGoalDecisionRichProductsSourceMarketingStrikesCapitalistUsersModestVentureOpen SourceVenture Capitalists Author:Blake Ross
“We know the product is going to stink. We know that because we live in the world, and we know that everything stinks. We all believe, Hey, maybe this one wont stink. We are a hopeful species. Stupid but hopeful. But were happy in that moment between the commercial and the purchase. And I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality, misrepresented items and services is an excellent use of your energy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingBelieveHardMomentsUseEnergyQualityStupidProductsLowsSpeciesSpendingInnocentHeyUselessExcellentHopefulThat MomentEarningItemsStinkDupes Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“The thing about startups is you can make it, and if it's wrong you can remake it, and you can build a team that you want to have, a product that you want to have. You're utterly focused on your users or your customers and their needs, and trying to figure out how to meet those needs.” IfsWantNeedsTryingTeamFiguresProductsCustomersFocusedUsersRemakes Author:John Katzman
“The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, to be able to get the best of both.” TryingArtReasonAbleTechnologyProductsApplesIpadsIntersectionsLiberal Arts Author:Steve Jobs
“I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.” GivingFeelsTryingProductsReally Amazing Author:Jil Sander
“We have never worried about numbers. In the marketplace, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make a difference. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves.” PeopleTryingSpeakNumbersFocusProductsWorriedApplesMaking A DifferenceSpotlight Author:Steve Jobs
“We millennials have been advertised to our entire lives, and we can tell when somebody is just trying to sell us something. I think church is the last place I want to go to be sold another product.” ThinkingWantTryingHas BeensLastsChurchProductsSellsMillennialsLast Place Author:Rachel Held Evans
“This is a message to all those out there who think that you need animal products to be fit and strong. Almost two years after becoming vegan I am stronger than ever before and I am still improving day by day. Don't listen to those self proclaimed nutrition gurus and the supplement industry trying to tell you that you need meat, eggs and dairy to get enough protein. There are plenty of plant-based protein sources and your body is going to thank you for stopping feeding it with dead-food. Go vegan and feel the power!” ThinkingNeedsFeelsTryingYearsStillsTwoSelfEnoughBodyStrongAnimalProductsSourceIndustryBecomingFitMessagesStrongerPlantYour BodyPlentyMeatTwo YearsEggsVeganNutritionImprovingStoppingFeedingGuruProteinSupplementsDairyI Am StrongStronger Than Ever Author:Patrik Baboumian
“There are words that work, that are meant to explain and educate on policies that work, on products that work, on services that work. I'm not going to ever try to sell a lemon. I don't do that.” TryingPolicyProductsSellsEducateLemons Author:Frank Luntz