Having a highly homogeneous background, education, values, preferences, etc, in the very early team is better than not - cuts down on time-wasting arguments.

I think the hallmark of a really good entrepreneur is that you're not really going to build one specific company. The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work for anyone else. You have to start your own thing. It almost doesn't matter what that thing is.

Think of Slide as a giant media network for people to transmit information. The content that's in there now has been provided by users - it's whatever they want it to be.

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

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

If I see what you're up to on Facebook but I don't see your updates on Flickr, I'll still care about Facebook.

I have this massive notebook called IDEAS and another one called PERSONAL IDEAS and another one called CRAZY IDEAS.