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From the book “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals.com<\/a>. Lots of advice for entrepreneurs. Here are 37 (bold are faves):<\/p>\n

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  1. Great businesses have a point of view, not just a product or service. <\/li>\n
  2. Writing a plan makes you feel in control of things you don\u2019t actually control. <\/li>\n
  3. You have the most information when you\u2019re doing something, not before you’ve done it. <\/li>\n
  4. Stuff that was impossible just a few years ago is simple today. <\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Failure is not a prerequisite for success.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  6. Don\u2019t make assumptions about how big you should be ahead of time. <\/li>\n
  7. Don\u2019t sit around and wait for someone else to make the change you want to see. <\/li>\n
  8. When you build what you need, you can assess quality directly instead of by proxy. <\/li>\n
  9. Solving your own problem lets you fall in love with what you\u2019re making. <\/li>\n
  10. What you do matters, not what you think or say or plan. <\/li>\n
  11. When you want something bad enough, you make the time.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  12. The perfect time to start something never arrives. <\/li>\n
  13. Start a business, not a startup. <\/li>\n
  14. You need a commitment strategy, not an exit strategy.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  15. Huge organizations talk instead of act, and meet instead of do. <\/li>\n
  16. Build half a product, not a half-assed product. <\/li>\n
  17. Getting to greatness starts by cutting out stuff that\u2019s merely good. <\/li>\n
  18. The real world isn\u2019t a place, it’s an excuse. It’s a justification for not trying.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  19. The big picture is all you would be worrying about in the beginning. Ignore the details. <\/li>\n
  20. Decide. You\u2019re as likely to make a great call today as you are tomorrow. <\/li>\n
  21. The longer it takes to develop, the less likely it is to launch. <\/li>\n
  22. It\u2019s the stuff you leave out that matters. <\/li>\n
  23. Focus on substance, not fashion. Focus on what won’t change. <\/li>\n
  24. When good enough gets the job done, go for it. <\/li>\n
  25. When you make tiny decisions, you can’t make big mistakes. <\/li>\n
  26. Pour yourself into your product. <\/li>\n
  27. You rarely regret saying no but you often regret saying yes.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  28. Better your customers grow out of your product, than never grow into them. <\/li>\n
  29. You can\u2019t paint over a bad experience with good marketing. <\/li>\n
  30. All companies have customers. Fortunate companies have audiences too.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  31. Instead of out-spending your competitors, out-teach them. <\/li>\n
  32. Let customers look behind the curtain. <\/li>\n
  33. Leave the poetry in what you make, there is beauty in imperfection. <\/li>\n
  34. Marketing is not a department, it’s the sum total of everything you do. <\/li>\n
  35. Don\u2019t hire for pleasure; hire to kill pain.<\/strong> <\/li>\n
  36. Don\u2019t make up problems you don\u2019t have yet. <\/li>\n
  37. A business without a path to profit is a hobby. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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