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.

Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationships is.

Every major communication tool on the Internet has spam and abuse problems. All email services, blogging services and social networks have to dedicate a significant amount of resources and time to fighting abuse and protecting their users.

Marketing, when done well, is about story telling.

Take care of yourself: When you don't sleep, eat crap, don't exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers. Your decisions suffer. Your company suffers. Love those close to you: Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationship is.

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.