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.

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.

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.

All Rhodes Scholars had a great future in their past.

Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.

Forget startup companies. The next frontier is startup countries.

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