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.

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

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.

Our problem wasn’t that it blew up and was impossible to scale, but there were some bad choices made. One of the biggest lessons time after time was to focus. Do fewer things.

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

Marketing, when done well, is about story telling.