Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.

Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur... Eventually

I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.

Your employees know each other better than they know you.

Startup CEOs should not play the odds. When you are building a company, you must believe there is an answer and you cannot pay attention to your odds of finding it. You just have to find it. It matters not whether your chances are nine in ten or one in a thousand; your task is the same.

In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.

Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.