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

In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.

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

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.

The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.

If every customer is using your product "correctly", you'll never learn anything interesting about what to do next.

Look for new enabling technologies that create a wide gap between how things have been done and how they can be done.