Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure you write it down.

No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.

The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.

Decide what your priorities are and how much time you'll spend on them. If you don't, someone else will.

You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.

There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own potential. That's what makes a successful person.

Make the second effort your second nature.