PayPal once rejected a candidate who aced all the engineering tests because for fun, the guy said that he liked to play hoops. That single sentence lost him the job.

We're all put on Earth for a limited amount of time. Am I using in a way that is great, or good enough, or wasteful?

Ignore your mistakes. The number one thing to worry about is -Am I doing what I'm good at?

You can't get married to any one particular plan. That is the biggest lesson I learned at PayPal.

Media is very different from financial services. People are very fickle and very vocal. They believe that things should be one way and not the other. It's still very rewarding to build products for huge audiences. It feels like you're making an impact.

Technology has come a long way since PayPal.

Being an entrepreneur is not about being in love with an idea, it's about being in love with running a company.