Concentrate on the activities of prospecting, presenting and following-up; the sales will take care of themselves.
I'd actually argue forging a company is far more harder than forging a product
The office environment that people live in and work in, dictates your culture and how people make decisions.
Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.
The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds
You can build the most important companies in history with a very simple to describe concept. You can market products in less than 50 characters. There is no reason why you can't build your company the same way. So force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do. Basically take out that red and start eliminating stuff.
I walk into a company office and I can tell often whether I'm gonna invest, as soon as I walk in.
If animals had reason, they would act just as ridiculous as we menfolks do.
People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.
A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.