Quotes from Andy Dunn

It's now arguably over-written about and over-discussed how hard it is to be an entrepreneur. Of course it's hard. So is being a parent. Let's stop over-congratulating ourselves and let's just do our work.

As a society, we must not allow human rights abuses to go unnoticed and undocumented; it is a vital mission to fight ignorance of these tragic events.

The loudest voice in the room, sometimes, is the absent voice of the silenced.

Too many entrepreneurs think their valuation is the real economic price of their company. It's not. It's not a real economic price unless you are selling 100%.

I want to be Batman.

I have come to an odd belief, which is that we don't make decisions so much as the decisions make us. The goal of a decision isn't just to find the path forward, but to become someone entirely different than who we might have been as a function of the path we take.

A founder plays a magical role at the company: they invented or, as in my case, co-invented it. If and when a founder walks out the door, there is something spiritual that walks out the door, too.

We built Bonobos, with more than a few dozen customers and counting, and the industry we were disrupting didn't seem to care. Then we 'sold out' to Walmart. Abracadabra. The red carpet rolled open.

I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book.

I have always loved the Day of the Dead - a chance to celebrate death rather than to treat it like that awful scene in the cemetery.

Good parents are always on time. So are good CEOs.

A company that can't fire people well is like a forest that never has a fire. It becomes overgrown, full of weeds, and it fails.

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

When the forces of liberalism and capitalism converge, change happens.

When it came to religion, I felt I belonged to no one. It saddened me, it angered me, it confused me, and it made me religiously ambivalent. So I chose my calling: Cubs baseball.

Every company can use someone advocating loudly for the customer.

It's easy to be cynical about American politics. It's more important not to be.

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

The rise of women and feminism is well documented. What is equally fascinating - and less talked about - is the impact this has had on men.

Money talks, and when it starts to say goodbye, humans listen and act accordingly.

The people that elected Donald Trump are Americans. They are every bit as entitled to weigh in on who should lead as any of us. The fact that they disagree with the values some of us hold dear is the point - America has always been about a battle of ideas that plays out over time.

The general rule is that entrepreneurs need the fear of their brand's demise to make it magic. It is too safe to do it as a corporate subsidiary.

Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.

The more defensive and angry I get, the more I later discover those feelings are usually just projections of feelings I am having towards myself.