Pick a big enough project, something that's really hard, something that over the years you can work on.

Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality.

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.

Lots of people were skeptical, but that's always true when you do something that hasn't been done before.

Starting a startup is a process of trial and error. What guided the founders through this process was their empathy for the users. They never lost sight of making things that people would want.