Sometimes things are the way they are and can't be changed, other times it's because no one ever tried. Your job is to find the latter.

It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.

Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.

You can keep 'consumer' DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.

We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.

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.

Read these 3 books - Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.