14 Quotes by David Heinemeier Hansson

If you can’t figure out how to make money on three billion in revenue, when exactly will the profit magic be found? Ten billion? Fifty billion?

There’s nothing that will bring realism into your world as quickly as realizing that you’re out of cash.

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

It’s a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.

When you yet to do 100% of what somebody wants, you need a perfect match, and it’s pretty rare that you have a perfect match between what you thought people needed and what they actually need. If you try instead to do 80 percent of what they need, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll hit a sweet spot.