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

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.

We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.

My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.

Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it.

There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.

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