The most important thing you can learn as CEO- one of the hardest things to do is, you have to discipline yourself to see your company... through the eyes of the people that you're working through. Through the eyes of the employees, through the eyes of your partners... through the eyes of the people who you're not talking to and who are not in the room.

Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they're hallucinating

The one thing with stress is, you've got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.

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

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

The person they're working with, is going to be the person they'll know more. So if that person leaves, they're going to go - well, should have I left too? What did they get and how does that compare to my deal.

Don't punk out and don't quit.