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> [You know that American dream and American spirit of innovation we always talk about? Turns out, the bulk of it was built by people who came to America from somewhere else, not people born American. We have no birthright or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/you-know-that-american-dream-and-american-spirit-of-innovation-we/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

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## More by Sarah Lacy

> [It's a great story for us whenever an entrepreneur makes a crazy amount of money and we get to tell the world about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/it-s-a-great-story-for-us-whenever-an-entrepreneur-makes-a-crazy/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [People always tell me the next stage of my career means moving to New York, but I never will. I don't care how that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/people-always-tell-me-the-next-stage-of-my-career-means-moving-to-new/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [I am a meat-loving Southern girl. Add in being a writer, and that means I drink more than I should, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/i-am-a-meat-loving-southern-girl-add-in-being-a-writer-and-that-means/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [To me, the last mile of the Internet that very few people have successfully really done. And this is like micro local. Things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/to-me-the-last-mile-of-the-internet-that-very-few-people-have/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experience. It's excuses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/the-biggest-barrier-to-starting-a-company-isn-t-ideas-funding-or/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [Like patents - which also seek to protect the little guy - unions were started for all the right reasons. But like patents, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/like-patents-which-also-seek-to-protect-the-little-guy-unions-were/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [You know that American dream and American spirit of innovation we always talk about? Turns out, the bulk of it was built by people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/you-know-that-american-dream-and-american-spirit-of-innovation-we/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [I am honest enough with myself to admit it. I rarely offer strong opinions, I have a backbone like a pair of bifold doors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/i-am-honest-enough-with-myself-to-admit-it-i-rarely-offer-strong/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [As smartphones have allowed us to have our computers, emails, social media feeds, and a full surveillance system in our pockets at all times,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/as-smartphones-have-allowed-us-to-have-our-computers-emails-social/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [Some people have blithely dismissed growth in markets like China and India, saying Silicon Valley will always be the hub for tech: that everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/some-people-have-blithely-dismissed-growth-in-markets-like-china-and/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [It's almost a cliche that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don't go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money; they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/it-s-almost-a-cliche-that-great-silicon-valley-entrepreneurs-don-t-go/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [Get a lawyer to look at your contract or beware. Because no company - evil or not - is going to do it for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/get-a-lawyer-to-look-at-your-contract-or-beware-because-no-company/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [Benefitting from a job bubble is not only a first world problem, it's an upper-class-educated-lucky-to-be-in-the-right-industry-at-the-right-time kind of first world problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/benefitting-from-a-job-bubble-is-not-only-a-first-world-problem-it-s/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/one-of-the-nice-things-about-being-a-private-company-is-operating/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

> [Sometimes the hardest thing about committing the perfect crime can be keeping your genius to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lacy/sometimes-the-hardest-thing-about-committing-the-perfect-crime-can-be/)

[Sarah Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lacy/)

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