Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead.

In the developed world, technological progress means that you can have a situation where there's growth, where there's a way in which everybody can be better off over time.

All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.

You'll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it's important in general, but why you're doing something important that no one else is going to get done.

Whatever the career, sales ability distinguishes superstars from also-rans.

There is perhaps no specific time that is necessarily right to start your company or start your life. But some times and some moments seem more auspicious than others. Now is such a moment. If we don’t take charge and usher in the future - if you don’t take charge of your life - there is the sense that no one else will.

I'm in favor of free trade, but I think if you had to make a choice between having technological progress versus free trade, you had one or the other, you should always pick technological progress. I think it's an incredibly important variable for creating more prosperity.