Five years after I started CD Baby, when it was a big success, the media said I had revolutionized the music business. But 'revolution' is a term that people use only when you're successful. Before that, you're just a quirky person who does things differently.

There is no movement without the first follower. See, we are told that we all need to be leaders but that would be ineffective. The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

If you want to be useful, you can always start now. It will be a humble prototype of your grand vision, but you’ll be in the game. Start by teaching someone this week. Starting small puts 100% of your energy into solving real problems for real people.

When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws.

Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better.