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.

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

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

I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.

My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.

Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.

Focus too much on the near-term and you won't get tomorrow's customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won't get today's.