"Don’t use a typewriter. The noise will destroy your sense of rhythm, which still needs years of training." - CS Lewis

According to aero-propulsion engineering, most of a plane's fuel is burned when it is taxi-ing and taking off, not when cruising in mid air. Any new venture needs to overcome an initial resistance in order to achieve a breakthrough.

If you are not careful in protecting your dreams, someone else will show up and make you build their dreams for them.

A commercially viable product is at the heart of any start up. No company should raise institutional capital without being able to produce a working prototype or demonstrate an orderbook of customers.

A lot of work goes into the creation of a business and even more effort goes into just sustaining it. I found it useful at this juncture to summarize a few important aspects of the process as a timely reminder.