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“We want to empower the doctors and patients to get all the other assholes out of the way,' Clark had once told me, then laughed. 'Except for us. One asshole in the middle.”
― The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
― The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
“..determination is the most important quality in a founder, open-mindedness and willingness to change your idea are key, and all startups face rejection at first.”
― Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
― Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
“In big companies, there's always going to be more politics and less scope for individual decisions. But seeing what startups are really like will at least show other organizations what to aim for. The time may soon be coming when instead of startups trying to seem more corporate, corporations will try to seem more like startups. That would be a good thing.”
― Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
― Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
“His life was dedicated to the fine art of tearing down and building anew.”
― The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
― The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
“The women discussed the details of their relationships, trying to reduce their problems to a single word. I had explained the importance of specificity, and the ladies clung to my words. The conversations were sad, and amusing, and strangely hopeful all at the same time. The relentlessness with which these women tried to repair their relationships was foreign to me; I didn't understand why they didn't simply give up.”
― The Language of Flowers
― The Language of Flowers
R’s 2025 Year in Books
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