We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen.

One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it's much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later.

The actual, the forming of ties with a group of people around you where they help you grow as a professional, solve problems, get opportunities, and you help them, is actually the constitutive base of the foundation of a strong, modern career.

I actually think every individual is now an entrepreneur, whether they recognize it or not.

At Silicon Valley, I'm extremely sympathetic to the revolutionary response. I not only agree with it emotionally. I agree with it practically. And the only thing I disagree with is, I don't think Donald Trump is that. Trump is blow it up for no good reason at all. You want to actually do revolution with a target, with an idea, with building a new system.

The challenge when you think about product distribution is: how are you competing for potential customers or potential members time?

When you turn a company profitable you've gone from a company whose days are numbered to a company whose days can be infinite.