I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.

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

What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.

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.

The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.

You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent... because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.

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