David Barrett, CEO of Expensify, on entrepreneurship
There’s that old statement “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach” — that is definitely true in the startup world. There are tons and tons of people who will happily lecture you about the right way to do anything. But despite their best intentions, if they’re not actually doing it — right now — odds are their experience and advice is obsolete. So stop asking and start doing. It’s so much faster, easier, and funner to learn how to build wheels by reinventing them from scratch, than by trying to find someone to teach you. Because when you’re done, you’ve learned not only how to make wheels, but how to make anything.
via bizzia.com