Beginning with brand rather than substance is dangerous.

Great tech opportunities happen only once.

I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for businesses, it's true for governments and it's true for people doing things in the non-profit sector.

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.

Society is secretly driven by sales

The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.

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.