Quotes About Uncertainty

They are fast. They embrace new thinking. They are geared for disruption and innovation through uncertainty. One

Most tools from general management are not designed to flourish in the harsh soil of extreme uncertainty in which startups thrive. The future is unpredictable, customers face a growing array of alternatives, and the pace of change is ever increasing. Yet most startups—in garages and enterprises alike—still are managed by using standard forecasts, product milestones, and detailed business plans.

The tremendous success of general management over the last century has provided unprecedented material abundance, but those management principles are ill suited to handle the chaos and uncertainty that startups must face.

Yet if the fundamental goal of entrepreneurship is to engage in organization building under conditions of extreme uncertainty, its most vital function is learning.

Anyone who is creating a new product or business under conditions of extreme uncertainty is an entrepreneur

Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste. In a manufacturing business, customers don't care how the product is assembled, only that it works correctly. But in a startup, who the customer is and what the customer might find valuable are unknown, part of the very uncertainty that is an essential part of the definition of a startup. I realized that as a startup, we needed a new definition of value.

A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty

But in a startup, who the customer is and what the customer might find valuable are unknown, part of the very uncertainty that is an essential part of the definition of a startup.

Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork other times, like a car accident.

The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.

your money. Don't expect your inspections to eliminate all future

I would rather believe God doesn't exist than believe he doesn't care.

Hunter had been hopelessly at sea with the situation.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life — specifically the fear of change.... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Je ne sais pas où l'on va, murmura-t-il, mais ce qu'il y a de sûr, c'est qu'on y va.

Cele mai interesante întreb?ri r?mân întreb?ri. ?i conÈ›in în ele un mister. La fiecare r?spuns trebuie s? adaugi un "poate". Numai întreb?rile f?r? interes au r?spunsuri definitive.

Åžtii, de fapt nu de necunoscut m? tem, ci de fapul c? voi pierde toate câte le cunosc.

Do not doubt him who tells you he is afraid, but be afraid of him who tells you he has no doubts. Zweifle nicht an dem der dir sagt er hat Angst, aber hab Angst vor dem der dir sagt, er kennt keinen Zweifel.

Do not doubt him who tells you he is afraid, but be afraid of him who tells you he has no doubts.

A new question has arisen in modern man's mind, the question, namely, whether life is worth living...No sensible answer can be given to the question...because the question does not make any sense.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.