Bre Pettis Quotes

Entrepreneurs need to start building today. The barrier to entry in tech is low, so start designing, start coding it, launch it, build prototypes, build a working version of it. The Internet has amazing powers of distribution. You can test your ideas. You can see if it works, if it doesn't work, whether it's fun, and whether you're sufficiently motivated. People who go into entrepreneurship to get rich aren't going to be happy. It’s the building of things that makes you happy. You have to enjoy the process whether you succeed or fail.

Anyone who's really utilized collaboration has a philosophy like, 'Let's throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.' That's how we do it. At a certain point, we're cutting scripts that we love.

But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.

If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long.

He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!

Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation.

As an entrepreneur you keep trying things, and I try everything. I try business ideas, on our website we test everything, iterate, iterate, iterate.

The reason why the Wright brothers were successful wasn't because they had the most resources, but because they understood how invention works. You have to iterate quickly, and you should be prepared to fail. Because things often don't go as planned.

I like new products, I like when YouTube changes, I like when people have big ideas and try things out.

Iteration, not ideation, is the most important part of early stage entrepreneurship. You have to have a lot of ideas - a lot of bad ideas - if you want to end up with a good one.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a 'toy' you're definitely onto something.

We know screwups are an essential part of making something good. That's why our goal is to screw up as fast as possible.

Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

If I do enough different things in enough different ways, I may, eventually, do something right.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it.

I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

In order to innovate, you have to experiment.

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

I just find things that work and embellish them.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.