The two most important things about people on a revolutionary team are their ability and passion. Their educational level or work experience is meaningless--most of the engineers who did ground-breaking work of the Macintosh design didn't even graduate from college.

Twitter, Facebook, Google + are the trifecta of marketing for authors (and bloggers).

Let's say a startup is hot. It ships something great, and it achieves success. Thus, it's able to attract the best, brightest, and most talented. These people have been told they're the best since childhood. Indeed, being hired by the hot company is "proof" that they are the A and A+ players; in fact, the company is so hot that it can out-recruit Google and Microsoft.

For startups, SM is now crucial: it has never been cheaper and easier to reach one's customers. Entrepreneurs should thank God for Twitter, Facebook.

'Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.

Entrepreneur is not a job title. It is a state of mind of people who want to alter the future.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.