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

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.

You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.

I got involved early on in social media - I created one of the first social networks - and for me, social gaming was a natural evolution of that.

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.

I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you've failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.

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.