In the world of startups, angels invest in seed or early-stage deals, and with their money they lend a bit of advice. They pay for the privilege of helping the company.

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The Monk and the Riddle

In this critically acclaimed bestseller, entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real. The book's timeless advice - to make work pay not just in cash, but in experience, satisfaction, and joy - will be embraced by anyone who wants success to come not just from what they do, but from who they are.

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Anyone can sail with the wind to his back. Startups usually sail into a stiff wind, leaking like a sieve, in high seas, without food or water.

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It's the romance, not the finance that makes business worth pursuing.

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The business model can and should change over time, as the world changes.

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Business failures are unfortunate but necessary steps in the search for those few huge successes.

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Time is the only resource that matters.

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M.I.A.

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Alton Brown

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.

Roy Bennett

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Twyla Tharp

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Vladimir Potanin

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Marianne Williamson

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Chuck Close

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William S. Burroughs

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.

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Never rush into falling in love because love never runs out Let love be the one to knock at your door. Besides true love is worth waiting for.

Unknown

I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

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The best way to catch a horse is to build a fence around it.

Emmylou Harris

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John Hickenlooper

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Imogen Cunningham

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Mark Wahlberg

There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types.

Eugene Chadbourne

Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.

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