In order to access private capital, you have to provide competitive return on investment. In order to give competitive returns to investors, you've got to operate on a profitable basis and be thinking of yourself as a business.

To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens, you're close enough to squeeze through.

We ought to be looking at business as a force for good.

In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.

You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.

I never had it in mind that I would start a company one day and it would really be successful. I have just been motivated by working on interesting technology

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