You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you

... if it's not your style to stretch and go the extra mile to make sure our customer experience is great, you're going to have an allergic reaction to this company. You probably won't stay. If you do try and stay, but can't adapt to the culture then it will reject you like a virus from a healthy immune system.

The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called — which only a nerd would call — a “regret minimization framework.” So, I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, “Okay, now I’m looking back on my life. I want to have minimized the number of regrets I have.”

Web 1.0 was making the Internet for people, Web 2.0 is making the Internet better for companies.

I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.

I don't buy stocks, I make stocks.

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.