One pattern to help yourself fight the mad dash for the mirage of being done is to think of a good day’s work. Look at the progress of the day towards the end and ask yourself: 'Have I done a good day’s work?'

Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary.

A fool and his money will soon be departed applies equally to venture capitalists as it does to everyone else.

Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years.

There's nothing that will bring realism into your world as quickly as realizing that you're out of cash.

Facebook has been around for seven years. It has 500 million users. If you can't figure out how to make money off half a billion people in seven years, I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're unlikely to ever do.

If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong.