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.

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

In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem.

It is sort of a bit of a caricature of capitalism, that it's always this zero-sum game where you have winners and losers. Silicon Valley, the technology industry at its best, creates a situation where everybody can be a winner.

The value of failure is greatly over-rated. It's a preposterous myth.

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.

I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.