It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur.

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.

I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. So, on the whole, I think the power that online distribution confers is a positive thing for society. Online we can act as a fifth estate.

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

Get the 1.0 out as soon as possible...even if it sucks.

The rise of broadband and growing ubiquity of Internet access excites me the most. The world changes a lot when, no matter where you are - in the middle of a deserted highway or in a bustling city - you can get high speed broadband access.

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.