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?

If you can work a brand successfully into the narrative of your product, then it's really cool. Then people actually take the brand up and say, 'My positive experience in your product is directly connected and influenced by this brand and that worked great.

The world is now awash in data and we can see consumers in a lot clearer ways.

If you're building a social product, you're still living in the last century if your product doesn't work on Facebook.

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

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.

As I was getting interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, or some big pub guy, all I remember was that he went off to the bathroom for a second, and they brought out my omelet. The next thing I remember, I woke up, and I was on the side of my own omelet, and there was no one at Buck's. Everyone was gone. They just let me sleep.