If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.

Great teams are usually small-under fifty in total head count. (There are few examples of a team made up of hundreds of people who created anything revolutionary.) Big teams aren't conducive to revolutionary products because such products require a high degree of single-mindedness, unity, and unreasonable passion.

The A-listers and the A+ listers, are reporting the news, they're not making it.

• People deserve a break. The stressed and unorganized person who doesn’t have the same priorities as you may be dealing with an autistic child, abusive spouse, fading parents, or cancer. Don’t judge people until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Give them a break instead.

Steve [Jobs] proves that it's OK to be an asshole... He just has a different OS.

This is the beauty of social media: it helps you find people and then you can contact them fast and inexpensively.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.