In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.

The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.

Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn't match... them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That's the #1 reason this fails. And that's generally a good place to start: Here's where we are and here's what I didn't recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.

The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.

Over the last ten years, technological advances have dramatically lowered the financial bar for starting a new company, but the courage bar for building a great company remains as high as it has ever been.

In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.