Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.

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

There are no silver bullets.

Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really can't even deal with him because he's always saying something that people go, 'Oh, I can't believe Kanye said that. I can't believe he did that.'

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.

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

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.