The good news about building a company during times like this is that the companies that do succeed are going to be extremely strong and resilient.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.

Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition

A very large percentage of economic activity is shifting online and it makes sense that there are more services that are going to charge. It also means there are going to be more people willing to pay.

There is a constant need for new systems and new software.

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Microsoft started with programming tools, but came out with an operating system. Oracle started doing contracts for the CIA. AOL started out as an online video gaming network.