The angels started singing, the clouds parted, it was a religious experience. I've never had the same reaction to a product, not in 25 years.

• 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.

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

The hardest thing about getting started, is getting started.

Companies can add value and simultaneously promote themselves if their product or service truly improves the lives of their customers. I mean really improve lives, not wishful thinking, rationalization. That's the acid test.

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.

A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur—or APE.