After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.

When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, ‘Do fewer things.’ It’s true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that’s taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.

The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.

Assume the best but hire paranoid people.

Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.

I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.

Marketing, when done well, is about story telling.