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When we're in the shower, when we're thinking about our idea - boy, does it sound brilliant. But the reality is that most of our ideas are actually terrible.

~Eric Ries

Topics: About Actually Boy Brilliant Does Idea Ideas Most Our Reality Shower Sound Terrible Thinking

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It doesn't matter if you call it a boom or a bubble. The startup business moves in cycles, and what goes up will eventually come down.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Boom Bubble Business Call Come Cycles Down Eventually Goes Matter Moves Startup Up Will You

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Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an 'A' pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, that's not how it works.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Century Educational Entrepreneurship Essential Essential Part Failure Get Guaranteed Hard How Much Our Part People Preparing Pretty System Work Work Hard Works You 21St Century

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In the industrial world we have the problem of having more productive capacity than we know what to do with. That's at the root of the unemployment crisis: we've got so productive at making things, we don't require people to be involved in making the basics of life any more. Or nearly as many people.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Any Basics Capacity Crisis Got Having Industrial Involved Know Life Making Many More Nearly People Problem Productive Require Root Than Things Unemployment World

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Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as 'the X of Y', so this is going to be 'the Microsoft of food.' And yet disruptive innovations usually don't have that character. Most of the time, if something seems like a good idea, it probably isn't.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Always Character Disruptive Entrepreneurs Food Going Good Good Idea Idea Innovations Like Microsoft Most Pitch Seems Something Time

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There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.

~Eric Ries

Topics: America American Business Business Owners Category Countless Country Creating Earth Embracing Entrepreneurship Every Greater High-Tech Ideas Importantly Jobs Labs Live Main Main Street Most New New Ideas Owners Risks Silicon Silicon Valley Small Small Business Small Business Owners Street Taking Taking Risks Than University Valley Where World

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When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple computer in a garage in Palo Alto, it heralded the beginning of the PC revolution that ultimately dealt a death-blow to dozens of older companies.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Apple Beginning Companies Computer Created Dealt Dozens Garage Jobs Older Revolution Steve Steve Jobs Ultimately Pc

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The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource - the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. Substantial research shows that immigrants play a key role in American job creation.

~Eric Ries

Topics: American Arms Arms Race Creation Depends Economic Economic Growth Entrepreneurs Future Growth Immigrants Job Job Creation Key Locked Most New Play Precious Race Research Resource Role Shows States Substantial United United States Whom

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There is much that public policy can do to support American entrepreneurs. Health insurance reform will make it easier for entrepreneurs to take a chance on a new business without putting their family's health at risk. Tort reform will make it easier to take prudent risks on new products in a number of sectors.

~Eric Ries

Topics: American Business Chance Easier Entrepreneurs Family Health Health Insurance Insurance Make Much New New Business New Products Number Policy Products Prudent Public Public Policy Putting Reform Risk Risks Sectors Support Take Take A Chance Will Without

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Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is probably the worst.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Believing Cause Challenge Failure Identify Make Many Mistakes Own Plan Root Tough Worst Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: September 22nd, 1979

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