Andy Dunn Quotes
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A founder plays a magical role at the company: they invented or, as in my case, co-invented it. If and when a founder walks out the door, there is something spiritual that walks out the door, too.
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The general rule is that entrepreneurs need the fear of their brand's demise to make it magic. It is too safe to do it as a corporate subsidiary.
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Maybe everyone lives forever. Or maybe, like in the animated movie 'Coco,' only those whose stories get told by the living definitely do. It takes a story worth telling.
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It's now arguably over-written about and over-discussed how hard it is to be an entrepreneur. Of course it's hard. So is being a parent. Let's stop over-congratulating ourselves and let's just do our work.
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If you are not something, how do you become it? It is not obvious to me that you can be something you are not.
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Too many entrepreneurs think their valuation is the real economic price of their company. It's not. It's not a real economic price unless you are selling 100%.
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If you are a real leader, every single thing is your fault.
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Sometimes, to move into the future, you must go back the past.
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At Bonobos, we believe that human beings are tired of shopping in stores.
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A company that can't fire people well is like a forest that never has a fire. It becomes overgrown, full of weeds, and it fails.
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My own hope is that, as a human species, we are on a long journey of evolution toward increasingly more tolerant and nonviolent behavior.
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Everyone is entitled to their own political opinions. It is what makes our country great.
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Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured.
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Who would you rather be with: someone with more alternatives or someone with fewer?
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From Nike, we buy victory. From Under Armour, we buy protection. From Lululemon, we buy zen. From Patagonia, we buy conservation. From BMW, we buy performance.
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A little narcissism is good. At least that's what I am telling myself.
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The youngest boy in an Indian family has a good life. Growing up in a matriarchal family where my Indian mom's culture was dominant, I experienced this first hand.
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Every company can use someone advocating loudly for the customer.
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Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.
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Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?
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Since its founding, I've been friends with ModCloth's cofounders and many of its executives and investors. I have long imagined we would one day belong under one roof with that brand as a force in the future of apparel.
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I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book.
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Graduating business school, I had $150,000 of debt. An investment firm offered me a steady job, but it didn't feel right. It was 2007 in Silicon Valley, and I dreamed of starting an Internet company.
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Honesty is love.