“If only it were so easy to have a good idea stolen.”

eric ries, the lean startup

Poets love their own poems.

LOL

“Every man loves his own handiwork better than he would be loved by it if it came alive; and this happens perhaps most of all with poets; for they have an excessive love for their own poems, doting on them as if they were their children.”

aristotle, nicomachean ethics, book ix

“Now it’s time to invite one of your friends!”

“Before I know if it’s cool?”

eric ries, the lean startup

@erikmattheis

erikmattheis.com

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