Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

following characteristics: It’s creating a product or service that’s wholly new or combines existing technology in a novel way that the competition can’t make or even understand. This product solves a problem—a real pain point—that a lot of customers experience daily. There should be an existing large market. The novel technology can deliver on the

The best way to find a job you’ll love and a career that will eventually make you successful is to follow what you’re naturally interested in, then take risks when choosing where to work. Follow your curiosity rather than a business school playbook about how to make money. Assume that for much of your twenties your choices will not work out and the

Adulthood is your opportunity to screw up continually until you learn how to screw up a little bit less.

“The only failure in your twenties is inaction. The rest is trial and error.” —ANONYMOUS

So when you’re looking at the array of potential careers before you, the correct place to start is this: “What do I want to learn?”