There are no silver bullets.

It's hard in daily life. It's even harder in management because it's the stress of the moment.

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.

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

It's quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.

Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur... Eventually

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.