Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.

When my dad was in Vietnam, we lost a parent for a year. Thank God we didn't lose a parent for good.

Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links.

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.