If you're building a startup or any sort of organization, take a few moments to reflect on the qualities that the people you most enjoy working with embody and the user experience of new people joining your organization, from the offer letter to their first day.

130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?

I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.

You can't build everything and there is no more a killer feature. Everyone has a different killer feature.

As an entrepreneur making decisions for your company, always go back to your first principles of what's important to you and why you started in the first place.

If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long.

If you make the Internet, live on the internet.