A collection of quotes about startups, engineering, and building great teams and products.

1. Startup Engineering
in Quotes
Matt Nemenman
matt@apartmentlist.com
@quarterdome
Wednesday, May 29,

2. “Every time an
engineer joins Google,
a startup dies.”
- Chris Dixon
Wednesday, May 29,

3. “People who don’t take
risks generally make about
two big mistakes a year.
People who do take risks
generally make about two
big mistakes a year.”
- Peter Drucker
Wednesday, May 29,

4. Product
Wednesday, May 29,

5. “There is nothing so
useless as doing efficiently
that which should not be
done at all.”
- Peter F. Drucker
Wednesday, May 29,

6. “Features are like kids,
once you have them
you have to support
them for the rest of
your life.”
Wednesday, May 29,

7. “Do not compromise”
- Steve Jobs
Wednesday, May 29,

8. “Do not compromise.”
Wednesday, May 29,

9. Process
Wednesday, May 29,

10. “Move fast, break
things.”
- Mark Zuckerberg
Wednesday, May 29,

11. “Process is an
embedded reaction to
prior stupidity.”
- Clay Shirky
Wednesday, May 29,

12. “It is not done until it
ships.”
- Steve Jobs
Wednesday, May 29,

13. “Done is better than
perfect.”
Wednesday, May 29,

14. “Engineers don’t hate
process.They hate
process that can’t
defend itself.”
- Michael Lopp (Rands)
Wednesday, May 29,

15. Tech
Wednesday, May 29,

16. “Boycott complexity!”
- Misha Dynin
Wednesday, May 29,

17. “Always leave the
campground cleaner
than you found it.”
- National Park Service
Wednesday, May 29,

18. “We are too busy
mopping the floor to
turn off the faucet.”
Wednesday, May 29,

19. “... a startup should always be
running at the ragged edge of
what their systems can handle:
to do otherwise would mean
that you're not using all your
resources efficiently.”
- Piaw Na
Wednesday, May 29,

20. “Generals always fight
the last war, especially if
they have won it.”
Wednesday, May 29,

21. The End
“I always have a quotation for
everything - it saves original
thinking.”
- Dorothy L. Sayers
Wednesday, May 29,