Marketing, when done well, is about story telling.

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

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 things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring.

Hard things are valuable; easy things are not so valuable. Reaching the mountaintop is rewarding because it is hard. If it was easy, everybody would do it.

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.

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