Talk to your customers. Find out what they need. Don't pay any attention to the competition. They're not relevant to you.

Life is a bit hard sometimes, and sometimes you have to step up and fight fights that you never signed up for.

We just have to come in every morning and somehow, launch the editor.

Beware of Methodologies. They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating to more talented people who chafe at the restrictions that are placed on them.

That's another flaw with performance-based rewards: They are easy for one of your competitors to top.

Nothing works better than just improving your product.

People ridiculously overvalue aesthetics and beauty when evaluating products. It's one of the reasons iPods, and, for that matter, Keanu Reeves, are so successful.