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Ovitz: Packaging tech startups is functionally identical to packaging entertainment projects
“But other than that, the packaging of a film or a television show or a record or a book is no different than the packaging of an idea for a digital company, for a company in technology. It's all the same. The founder's the creator. The VCs, the money in tech, …”
Ovitz: Founders unable to explain their business in 20 seconds should quit
“If you can't tell me what your business is about in 20 seconds, you should not do your business because how are you going to market it to the world? You've got, and I'm not talking about that technical algorithms of AI. I'm talking about What does it do?”
Ovitz: Reading publications cover to cover is impossible and stupid
“I don't agree with people that sit and read things cover to cover, because you can't Equally weight everything between the covers. It's not possible. It's stupid, Franklin.”
Ovitz: Self-deception is the primary cause of professional failure across industries
“Well, I think the first place everybody goes wrong is they start to believe things that aren't true. People tend to deceive themselves. I find that to be a common denominator amongst everybody across every kind of industry. It happens everywhere.”
Ovitz: Entertainment power lists are nonsense and power is an ephemeral lease
“I thought these power lists that they developed in the entertainment business were just sheer nonsense because there's no such thing as power. It doesn't exist. And when people would say this one's the second most or the 10th most or you're the most powerful, …”
Ovitz: Ask the Busiest Person When You Need Something Done
“When I need something done, I ask the busiest person I know to do it, because they'll get it done. Ask someone with too much time, it never gets done.”
Ovitz: Current tech founders care about past failures, not past successes
“This generation in tech. They just want to know They don't want to know what you've done that's great. They want to know what you failed at and how to avoid it.”
Ovitz: Building momentum requires continuous effort without cutting back even 10%
“When you're building momentum, you cannot quit. And that's the counter problem, counter argument to when we talked about cutting back. When you're building momentum, you don't want to stop even for 10% of your time.”
Ovitz: Leaders Must Resist Dopamine Addiction from Relentless Execution Momentum
“There's a negative In that as a successful business person where you're feeding on the dopamine of getting all these wonderful things done, and because you're on this roll and you have momentum, you can get so much more done that you want to do it every second…”
Ovitz: Career success resembles a Seurat pointillist painting of small dots
“To me, success is a great Seurat painting. Syrah was the great pointillist. So if you looked at an inch of his work, they were all dots. You look at an inch, you don't see anything. Two inches, you don't see anything. Three, nothing. Four, maybe you see an app…”