The goal shouldn't be to be the next Silicon Valley (there'll always only be one of those) - it's to be your own startup community.

The Internet is, as a communication platform and a learning platform, unparalleled because whether you want to learn something or share something, it's simply a few clicks away.

I can't begrudge anyone who opts to get a job instead of creating one for themselves.

The first version of everything is janky.

The people who are going to be succeeding are not going to be waiting around for anyone's permission.

The first step, and the thing that everyone has to do right on the Internet is make something people want.

The Internet is such a tough marketplace because everyone is a click away from going back to a cat photo, or going back to whatever else they were doing. You have to win them over, and do it quickly, and do it by making something people actually want.