If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.

The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk a lot. Thus, good schmoozer's are good listeners, not good talkers.

Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.

If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.

You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."

If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing.

It's just as valuable to curate content as it is to create it.