Things never go smoothly.

In the end, we are our choices.

For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!

Are you lazy or just incompetent?

Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.

The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.