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> [When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/when-trying-to-start-a-company-your-enemy-isn-t-criticism-anger-or/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

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## More by Gil Penchina

> [When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/when-trying-to-start-a-company-your-enemy-isn-t-criticism-anger-or/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [When I participate in a Series A deal with VCs, entrepreneur-friendly terms go out the window. VCs remain attached to age-old traditional industry terms.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/when-i-participate-in-a-series-a-deal-with-vcs-entrepreneur-friendly/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [It's clear to me now that Ethereum is the new currency of the Internet. It's way ahead of where Paypal was in its day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/it-s-clear-to-me-now-that-ethereum-is-the-new-currency-of-the/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [I started angel investing because I like hanging out with entrepreneurs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/i-started-angel-investing-because-i-like-hanging-out-with/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [Ethereum is enabling a new form of financing in ICOs that is like a massive gravitational pull - dragging every entrepreneur with a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/ethereum-is-enabling-a-new-form-of-financing-in-icos-that-is-like-a/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [In the U.S., Wikia has content sponsorships with top brands, including Blizzard Activision, Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, ABC Television and others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/in-the-u-s-wikia-has-content-sponsorships-with-top-brands-including/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [Whether someone wants to learn the words to a new Lady Gaga song they heard on the radio or to verify the lyrics to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/whether-someone-wants-to-learn-the-words-to-a-new-lady-gaga-song-they/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [I was one of the early folks at eBay, and by 1999, it was completely overrun by consultants from McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/i-was-one-of-the-early-folks-at-ebay-and-by-1999-it-was-completely/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [Along the way, I learned the key to launching a company. It's all about storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/along-the-way-i-learned-the-key-to-launching-a-company-it-s-all-about/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [When I first started as an angel investor, I was excited to start investing in startups - but I didn't know much. I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/when-i-first-started-as-an-angel-investor-i-was-excited-to-start/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [You're under tremendous pressure, and everyone needs you to be perfect all the time, and that often creates a perverse incentive to not tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/you-re-under-tremendous-pressure-and-everyone-needs-you-to-be-perfect/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [For merchants, it is an amazing opportunity. Compared to Paypal, crypto has no credit card fees, no charge backs, no 'Oops, we decided to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/for-merchants-it-is-an-amazing-opportunity-compared-to-paypal-crypto/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [Any ICO going forward that doesn't use a 'Ticketmaster-style' queueing engine is clearly trying to ruin the ecosystem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/any-ico-going-forward-that-doesn-t-use-a-ticketmaster-style-queueing/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [Mobile was Internet 2.0. It changed everything. Crypto is Internet 3.0.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/mobile-was-internet-2-0-it-changed-everything-crypto-is-internet-3-0/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

> [Crypto today is a libertarian paradise. If you send your money to the wrong place, it's gone. If you send it to a merchant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-penchina/crypto-today-is-a-libertarian-paradise-if-you-send-your-money-to-the/)

[Gil Penchina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-penchina/)

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