From the beginning... I wanted to build a company that could sustain not for two years or four years or even ten years but be something that really matters over time the way Amazon and Google and others have.

Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.

I've been good at product entrepreneuring.

If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster.

We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business.

The first rule (of investing) for me is don't have rules. You find one amazing investment and that's all that matters. If you pick the right body of water, you might not need a boat.

There are people who want the comfort and structure of a job where they're given tasks and told what to do. I think it's actually a minority of people. The majority of people don't want that, but I'd say that the companies I've built are full of people with something to prove.