Gabor’s Positive Thoughts

Your daily dose of inspiring quotes for entrepreneurs, mixed with the occasional photo from my iPhone. 

Roadtrip to the future

"How California is reinventing the world" - seen in Switzerland

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Where am I?

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Hello sky rockets in flight

(seen at VMworld)

Posted from San Francisco, CA

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The Normal World

"By inverting this list, we can get a portrait of the "normal" world. It's populated by people who talk a lot with one another as they work slowly but harmoniously on conservative, expensive projects whose destinations are decided in advance, and who carefully adjust their manner to reflect their position in the hierarchy."

-- Paul Graham, What Kate saw in Silicon Valley

(I don't completely agree with this but sometimes exaggerations are a very powerful tool)
(Also, this does sound a lot like Switzerland)

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This one is so good I feel like posting it every other week

I've posted this video with Jeff Bezos on my personal blog before, but it's so good I'll post it again here. This is one of the most inspiring entrepreneurial videos out there:

My favorite quote: "Is that your mom? That's not my mom!", "When given a choice over obsessing over customers or obsessing over competitors, we always obsess over customers", "It's always day one".

If you've seen this before, watch it again.

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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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Seen at crossroads

(crossroads cafe that is)

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

Posted from San Francisco, CA

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I wonder if these ads work

Google maps ads at AT&T park

Gabor

Posted from San Francisco, CA

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"People often find it easier to be a result of the past than a cause of the future."

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SF Bay bridge tie-in

This is so cool:

Gabor

Posted from San Francisco, CA

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