I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?

You don't need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.

As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.

If you manage a team of 10 people, its quite possible to do so with very few mistakes or bad behaviors. If you manage an organization of 1,000 people it is quite impossible. At a certain size, your company will do things that are so bad that you never imagined that youd be associated with that kind of incompetence.

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.