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.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.

We can't ever forget that the Internet now is just a staid utility. The exciting platforms are software applications that are very, very simple.

It would have been easy to judge effort by how many hours a day passed while I was at work. That's the worst way to measure effort. Effort is measured by setting goals and getting results.

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is that we lie to ourselves. We don't step back and look at ourselves like a competitor would.

Forget about finding your passion. Instead, focus on finding big problems.

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.