You want to be the last company in a category. Those are the ones that are really valuable.

If they don't go to law school, bright college graduates head to Wall Street precisely because they have no real plan for their careers.

If the slogan for Google is 'Don't be evil', then the slogan for Uber is 'Do a little bit of evil & don't get caught.'

Luck is like an atheistic word for God.

What valuable company is nobody building?

You have as much computing power in your iPhone as was available at the time of the Apollo missions. But what is it being used for? It’s being used to throw angry birds at pigs; it’s being used to send pictures of your cat to people halfway around the world; it’s being used to check in as the virtual mayor of a virtual nowhere while you’re riding a subway from the nineteenth century.

There are only two kinds of businesses in this world: Businesses in crazy competition, and businesses that are one of a kind.