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Twitter updates for 2010-05-14

  • RT @Bowei: @manukumar how are you tweeting while giving a presentation? #unbelievable #20tweets http://yfrog.com/5ei8nwj #
  • RT @eugmandel: Startup vacation policy: if it's sunny & U don't want to come to work, don't. Worked great in Pittsburgh #20tweets @manukumar #
  • Gotta tweet! RT @jrushin: at a presentation that started w/directive to turn phones ON! props to @manukumar for being progressive! #20tweets #
  • Had fun at @CarnegieMellon talk. Thanks all for your questions. Esp. thanks to @sourgh & @mchwang for being my ghost-twitters for #20tweets #
  • When entrepreneurs hit a wall, they either climb over it, bore through it, or, go around it #Resourcefulness #20tweets #
  • “One you’ve done a startup, you are ruined for life” :Demmler, CMU “If you want to be an actor, move to Hollywood” :Roseman, CMU #20tweets #
  • A bird in the hand may not be your best choice, if you haven’t explored what’s in the bush. #KnowYourOptions #CreateTheMarket #20tweets #
  • “With great power comes great responsibility” :Spiderman’s Uncle Ben! #20tweets #
  • A founding CEO should be able to quote the cos. cash position & burn rate to the closest 1000 dollars at any time #CashIsGas #20tweets #
  • “You can’t live on dreams, at some point you have to make money” – wise words from Mexican entrepreneur on NPR #20tweets #
  • 100% of zero is still zero. Your own sweat, blood and tears, but someone else’s dime. #OptimizeValue #CapTableWoes #20tweets #
  • Raising money is not an indicator of success, making money is. #RightMetrics #RevenueBias #20tweets #
  • Titles are thoroughly overrated. They change the expectation, behavior/role to match title rather than what the company needs. #20tweets #
  • The three most important (and difficult) things in startups are: People, People, People! #20tweets #
  • Never hire friends/family. In other words: Never hire someone you can’t fire. #20tweets #
  • Learning from the mistakes of others is a lot less painful than failing on your own #AvoidPitfalls #GetGoodAdvice #20tweets #
  • Making *a* decision is sometimes more important than making the *right* decision. #AnalysisParalysis #20tweets #
  • For a startup, there is no such thing as 50-50. Buck stops with one person. “A startup is not a democracy” :Frank Demmler, CMU #20tweets #
  • If you are serious about doing this company, the best time to incorporate was yesterday (ASAP is second best). #20tweets #
  • It is NEVER a bad time & ALWAYS a good time to start a company. Start when you have an idea you can't shake off. #AlwaysHard #20tweets #
  • You can't learn to *really* ride a bicycle, until you take the training wheels off. Falling/getting back up are part of process. #20tweets #
  • The greatest position of strength is when you have nothing to lose.#20tweets #
  • The greatest position of strength is when you have nothing to lose. #
  • If you’re in it for the money, you’re in it for the wrong reasons. #
  • # Definition of Entrepreneurship: “Insane perseverance in the face of complete resistance” :Jack Thorne, CMU #20tweets #
  • Here to give a talk for @carnegiemellon alumni event: A Tale of Two Startups and #20tweets — at Wilson Sonsini Law http://gowal.la/c/KA4y #
  • Tweet-sized advice for tech founders #20tweets will be live this evening from @CarnegieMellon Alumni event http://k9.vc/bOyKwi (open to all) #

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