An inventor creates something that works. An entrepreneur creates something that others will buy.

You can't fake community, you can't force it, either.

Between your brain and your mouth (or your fingers) is magic: your power to choose what you say next. Use that magic.

Complexity serves nothing but our ego. Be able to say what you do in a way that people can understand.

Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me?

There's no value to working hard on being really popular.

To trust agents, hyperlinks are the twenty-first-century equivalent of the name-dropper.