You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.

It's pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want to spend it on.

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

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.

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

When you're making a critical decision, you have to understand how it's going to be interpreted from all points of view. Not just your point of view, not just the person you're talking to, but the people that aren't in the room. Everybody else.

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.