I talk with Paul Stevens-Fulbrook, a high school science teacher whose side hustle is an education blog for teachers. Plus, how not to land in “Facebook jail”...

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"It’s not about how many times you get knocked down; it’s about how many times you get back up." - Richard Tait, co-creator of Cranium

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It’s when you take that leave of absence or quit your job to focus on the startup full-time that it becomes real. - Roger Lee, president at PaperG

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"The beauty of entertainment is that you’re helping people have fun during their day." - Sheila Marikar, ABCNews.com

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Paul Graham was like, "This could be the Altair Basic." - Jason Shen, Ridejoy

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"In a startup, there are many situations where you just don’t know what you’re supposed to do because you’ve never seen it before. But it’s also really exciting because you get experience you may never get in a traditional job." - Kevin Yang, EAT Club

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"I think I felt I had to do certain things coming out of school, but quickly realized that wasn’t the life I wanted to live." - Rachel Cook, Microlending Film Project

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"I spend a lot of time thinking about scaling our organization and figuring out how to preserve the culture." - Jessica Yuen, Khan Academy

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