Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life.

It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company.

Jolt is for Windows programmers. It's typical IBM PC: it goes in brown and comes out yellow. Mountain Dew is for Macintosh programmers: it goes in yellow and comes out yellow. It's WYSIWYP.

Great leaders are paradoxical. They catalyze, rather control, the work of their teams. They have an overarching vision for the team but are not autocratic in the realization of this vision. Their eyes are open to whatever results occur-not just planned goals, because serendipity is a great innovator.

It's hard to build community around mediocre and mundane writing.

The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.