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"I understand why people want to have milestones.
Facebook's creators have milestones of their own now.
This ties back to the first one, because if something doesn't have "milestones" it's probably not going to be "sustainable".
Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of the professional network LinkedIn and an investor in dozens of Silicon Valley firms, told me, "In investing, you want to have milestones that go between three and twelve months, to know you're making progress.
While everything in college seems to have a deadline (essays, applications, and breakfast if you're a late riser), friendships don't have milestones you need to reach by a certain date.
On the contrary, research projects often have to rely on short-term research funding and have milestones that need to be met.
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We all have milestone dates in our lives.
Every company has milestones and goals.
We had milestones and then continued to invest more when we hit those milestones.
Finally, action must follow, at first in the form of a plan having milestones and measures, later as implemented actions to socially construct the future.
"ARPA-E is extremely rigorous on having milestones that we need to meet in order to continue the funding of the project," Signorelli goes on.
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