Execute like there's no tomorrow, strategize like there will be.

Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now.

Listen to your customers, but don't always build exactly what they're telling you. This is a really key distinction around building enterprise software.

Why we do what we do: that moment when you get to see the future on your computer screen before the rest of the world.

All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.

In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology... and you can build software then, around the user.

The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.