What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

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.

One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.

As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.

I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.

In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.