Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.

Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time ... He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings

I believe in strength over lack of weakness.

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

Don't punk out and don't quit.

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that's so important that it supersedes everyone's personal ambition.