Your product should sell itself, but that does not mean you don't need salespeople.

I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.

Always look for these changing technology factors- any market that has a significant change in the underlying raw materials ...or enabling factors, is an environment that is about to change in a very significant way.

Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.

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.

You can look at the cost structure of an incumbent company and discover: where are they not going to be able to drop their prices... because that business model is fundamental to the existence of the company.

I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.