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

Your employees know each other better than they know you.

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.

When raising money, you want to look through the lens of 'What happens when things go wrong?'

In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.