Jason Fried quotes:

[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.

It's simple until you make it complicated.

When good enough gets the job done, go for it. It's way better than wasting resources or, even worse, doing nothing because you can't afford the complex solution.

You don't need to win every medal to be successful.

What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.

There's nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.

What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well?

The best feature of a product should really be the customer service.

Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy.

No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.

Projections are just bullshit. They're just guesses.

"Easy" is a word that's used to describe other people's jobs.

The design is done when the problem goes away.

Customers don't just buy a product - they switch from something else. And customers don't just leave a product - they switch to something else

When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees. Employees need to ask permission before they can do anything. They need to get approval for every tiny expenditure.

Every time something slips through the cracks, the cracks get bigger.

"Simple" is a tricky word, it can mean a lot of things. To us, it just means clear. That doesn't always mean total reduction, or minimalism - sometimes, to make things clearer, you have to add a step.

How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?

We also get thousands of suggestions. The default answer is always no.

The only two people who can give you real feedback about your product are people who just purchased it and people who have just canceled.

Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.