I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

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

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

To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.

Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all decisions were emotional.

You can take somebody's job, you have to take their job, but you don't have to take their dignity.

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