There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at one can build a pretty foundational company. Most people who are very successful are good at two. But Jack is the only person in the Valley I've met who's all three. He's a first-rate strategist, a first-rate designer, and a first-rate technologist.

Basically this is what you want - a high performance machine that idiots can run.

The first thing that editor does is they take out a red pen, or nowadays you go online, and they start striking things. Basically eliminating things, the biggest task of an editor is to simplify, simplify, simplify and that usually means omitting things.

If the Martians took over eBay it would take 6 months for the world to notice.

Building a company is basically taking all the irrational people you know... Putting them in one building and then living with them 12 hrs a day at least.

The agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager.

I think you must have your own office. I don't believe ever in shared office spaces.