American government is not dominated by engineers, it is dominated by lawyers. Engineers are interested in substance and building things; lawyers are interested in process and rights and getting the ideology correctly blended. And so there is sort of no really concrete plan for the future.

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.

As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don't disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible.

The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present.

Recruiting is a core competency for any company. It should never be outsourced.

EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.