David Sze quotes
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“When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.”
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“The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.”
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“For us, whether the market is skewed from a bubble perspective or not really is mitigated by staying focused on what we do best.”
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“I think that it will be the mobile technologies, both from the enterprise and the consumer side, where super unicorns will come from. I still believe that social networking in combination with mobile will create opportunities for super unicorns.”
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“Founded in August 2003, MySpace would go on to be the most-visited social networking site in the world from 2005 until early 2008.”
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“When I started in the business in 1999 and 2000, we had companies that were going public in two, three or four years.”
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“College is a magic time. Yes, youre young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college experience... Then you graduate from that. You have your first job, moving to a new city.”
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“Every social network on Earth pitches me, and I say no to nearly every single one of them.”
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“I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.”
-- David Sze
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“I do what I feel is right. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.”
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“While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.”
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“A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.”
Source : "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book IV, Chapter 7, 1735.
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“It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.”
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