Start-up Success Is Not A Consequence Of

If The Plan Is To See What Happens, A Team Is Guaranteed To Succeed - At Seeing What Happens - But Won't Necessarily Gain Validated Learning - If You Cannot Fail, You Cannot Learn.

A Startup Is A Human Institution Designed To Deliver A New Product Or Service Under Conditions Of Extreme Uncertainty.

I Believe For The First Time In History, Entrepreneurship Is Now A Viable Career.

Nowadays People Talk About Paypal's Founders As Prescient Geniuses Who Would Inevitably Change The World. It Was, However, Not So Obvious That Paypal Would Taste Its First Major Success By Helping People Sell Beanie Babies On Ebay. But They Had A Vision, A Hope, And The Perseverance To Try Multiple Iterations Until They Got It Right.

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.