Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.

Looking back on my own career, I've come to the conclusion that too much money is worse than too little.

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

If you use social media right, you will piss people off. It's actually recommended!

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

At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both.

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.