The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in.

You simply can't be tentative in a startup. You have to go for it at every chance you get. And if the leader of the organization is anxious, his or her fear pervades the organization. Everything comes from the top in a company. So if you are starting a company or building one, face your fears and move past them. It's critically important to your company.

The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.

Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.

Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.

Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world.