It's very conventional to say that you're a contrarian these days.

Democracy tends to be a collaborative process, a committee, a consensus.

Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.

Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.

I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst of all governments until you consider all the other ones.

Great opportunities almost never fit your schedule.

We've been working for years on how we can use technology to help people make their own jobs, become entrepreneurs, create their own small businesses. Those are the kinds of things that I and a bunch of other people at LinkedIn actually work on.