Quotes about Innovation

There's a practice available to each of us—the practice of embracing the process of creation in service of better. The practice is not the means to the output, the practice is the output

only a tiny portion of the audience is looking for the brand-new thing. Most people are waiting for the tested, the authenticated, and the proven.

How can I create something that critics will criticize?

The lesson is that one person with a persistent vision can make change happen, whether climbing rocks or delivering services.

Are you one of those people? One of the people with too many good ideas? The folks who have notebooks filled with notions, or daydreams filled with the future? You've certainly met these people. They're too busy taking notes to get anything done, too busy inventing to actually instigate. To stop this process, one needs to do only two things: Start. And then . . . Ship. Can't

If you never fail, either you're really lucky or you haven't shipped anything.

We're all obsessed with ideas because ideas, not products, are the engine of our new economy.

REDO THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE BUSINESS PLAN EVERY THREE MONTHS

You don't have to like change to take advantage of it.

There are two ways to grow: by stealing from the competition or by growing the market. The first path is slow and painful and difficult. The second path is where the magic of fast growth kicks in.

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

Low price is the last refuge of a marketer who has run out of generous ideas.