I am aware of the talent I was gifted and had to execute against it. It is just being very self aware and betting on your best strength.

You didn't grow up driving...you figured it out.

A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.

I do not believe that people want to work hard enough and they want to find the quick Twitter, SEO. Anybody who's obsessed with SEO has lost already, period. I believe that firmly.

Market like the year you are in.

It's important to build a personal brand because it's the only thing you're going to have. Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you've got to be a good person. You can't hide anything, and more importantly, you've got to be out there at some level.

I look at two things while angel investing. Are you solving an important problem? Do you care about the end users.