Companies fail for lack of brains and effort.

Patent law holds us back, in every which way, shape or form. There is place for it, in physical products, in pharmaceuticals, but in software in particular, there is no place for it.

I wouldn't be where I am now if I didn't fail ... a lot. The good, the bad, it's all part of the success equation.

I learned how to become wealthy because I asked the right questions when I was broke.

Even when I had nothing, I had everything. Because I love to compete.

If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face, white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere, I'm walking back to the other side of the street, and the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of.

Those back-to-back experiences confirmed what I already knew: That I was a shitty-ass employee and I'd better start my own business.