"This text­book is intended to pro­vide a com­pre­hen­sive intro­duc­tion to fore­cast­ing meth­ods and present enough infor­ma­tion about each method for read­ers to use them sen­si­bly."

How github runs their business.

"We need to build an economy in which the important things are paid for in self-sustaining ways rather than as charities to be funded out of the goodness of our hearts."

"The DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (ETL) is a weekly seminar series on entrepreneurship, co-sponsored by BASES (a student entrepreneurship group), Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and the Department of Management Science and Engineering."

"Rob Walling (who wrote a book on starting software businesses that I enjoyed) and Mike Taber produced Microconf, a conference for small solo software entrepreneurs.  That sounded right up my alley, and I was extraordinarily happy when asked to speak at it."

"Paul Graham, partner at Y Combinator, talks about how to identify promising startup companies. Graham speaks with Emily Chang and Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." Y Combinator is an early stage investment firm and boot camp for entrepreneurs. (Source: Bloomberg)"

"Alright so here is the deal, below is a fairly detailed & illustrated walkthrough of a financial model for a web-only product startup."

"A big piece of the story we tell ourselves about who we are, is that we are willing to invent. We are willing to think long-term. We start with the customer and work backwards. And, very importantly, we are willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time."

"Webstock 2011 was held at the Wellington Town Hall from 14 - 18 February 2011. 740 people attended the conference and speakers included Amanda Palmer, Merlin Mann, John Gruber, Kristina Halvorson and a myriad of other web luminaries!"

"The OODA loop (for observe, orient, decide, and act) is a concept originally applied to the combat operations process, often at the strategic level in both the military operations. It is now also often applied to understand commercial operations and learning processes. The concept was developed by military strategist and USAF Colonel John Boyd."

"Ironically, the Montessori educational approach might be the surest route to joining the creative elite, which are so overrepresented by the school’s alumni that one might suspect a Montessori Mafia: Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, videogame pioneer Will Wright, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, not to mention Julia Child and rapper Sean “P.Diddy” Combs."

"But the really strange thing was the reason this employee and I decided it was time to part ways. The issue was ambition—not a lack of it, but more of it than we could use."

"Ironing out the little problems can make it so companies can avoid big disasters."

“The secret of success turns out to be so incredibly simple: Work your ass off.”