The 7 Day Startup Quotes

“Hustle is relentlessly pursuing what needs to be done at the time.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” General George S. Patton, Jr.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“A lot of business owners spend time solving problems they don’t have. Rob Walling refers to this as premature optimization. Examples include: 1. Getting a flawless credit card payment process setup before they have customers. 2. Optimizing their website before they have traffic. 3. Hiring staff before they have work for them. 4. Investing in the best systems before they have enough work to warrant it. Normally these decisions stem from believing that when you have a problem, you won’t be able to resolve it quickly.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“...relentlessly pursue your best method of getting customers, and not the stuff you naturally gravitate to.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Always favor a name that’s simple. Even if it doesn’t mean anything, being simple makes it memorable. Eventually it will mean something.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“The key is to forget about automation and figure out what you can do manually.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“You are better off launching quickly and paying attention to real data rather than making assumptions. This doesn’t just apply to launching; it’s a general business principle that you can apply for almost every decision.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” Reid Hoffman”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Anyone can create a job for themselves. But not everyone can change the world”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“common MVP mistake is over-emphasizing the “minimum” and under-emphasizing the “viable.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“#7daystartup (my handle is @thedannorris”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Dan Andrews of Tropical MBA53 has said that it takes 1,000 days to build a business. Launch day is just 1 out of 1,000.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Everyone might be saying that your idea is great, but look at whether or not they are currently paying for a solution to the same problem.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Solve problems where people are already paying for solutions.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“What is a Startup?  “A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.” Eric Ries”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“When you’ve had a few exits and you’ve bought the yacht, it’s time to be Steve Jobs. Until then, start by solving existing problems that people are already paying for solutions to.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.” Eric Ries”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.” Jason Cohen (founder of WP Engine)”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” James Cash Penney”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” Reid Hoffman”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Save your excitement until you land people you don’t know as customers.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“I learned a very valuable lesson from my failure to launch. That lesson is: “You don’t learn until you launch.” My First Business  The term “business” can mean different things to different people.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“It makes no sense to start a business that is going to have you doing work you don’t enjoy.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Anti-hustle is what wantrepreneurs do. They do everything other than what needs to be done. They keep coding. They design new features. They optimize their site. They think up new, world-changing ideas. They hang out at startup events discussing their idea. They go to startup weekend and launch a new idea. They do everything other than what they need to do—which, more often than not, is getting more customers.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Once you launch, you need to get more people paying you. You have to relentlessly pursue your best method of getting customers, and not the stuff you naturally gravitate to.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Hustle for an early stage startup is generally about spending your time on the things that are most likely to bring you customers.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Execution is your ability to present your idea just as well as the best ideas in the world.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“Things may come to those who wait … but only the things left by those who hustle.” Anonymous”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

“A startup is a bit more exciting. It has: 1. High impact potential. 2. High levels of innovation. 3. High levels of uncertainty.”
― Dan Norris, The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch