Letting users control your site can be terrifying at first. From day one we were asking ourselves, "What is going to be on the front page today?" You have no idea what the system will produce. But stepping back and giving consumers control is what brought more and more people to the site. They have a sense of ownership and discovery at the same time. If you give users the tools to spread and share their interests with others, they will use them to promote what is important to them.

Ifyou believe in something, work nights and weekends, it won't feel like work.

I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better.

Founders: there is no shame in failing, take pride in that you have the guts to try something new.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

Release early and often.

Social media really grew up.