There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.

Innovation is a bottoms-up, decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be managed.

Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

Customers don't care how much time something takes to build. They care only if it serves their needs.

The only person who can put you out of business, in the early days, is yourself.

A Start Up is an institution designed to thrive in the soil of extreme uncertainty