Startup CEOs should not play the odds. When you are building a company, you must believe there is an answer and you cannot pay attention to your odds of finding it. You just have to find it. It matters not whether your chances are nine in ten or one in a thousand; your task is the same.

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

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

Relationships built from a business do better than the reverse.

Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.

When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.