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

Having a great idea for a product is important, but having a great idea for product distribution is even more important.

If I ever hear a founder talk about oh this is how I have a balanced life so on and so forth - they're not committed to winning.

Because in our boom times, everything is growing, usually, you know, the kind of things that come to mind are Wild, Wild, West, or land grabs, you know, these sorts of things, in order to make something, you know, kind of to grow into the future and to get all the growth that you need to have. So you tend to hire a lot because you're running fast to the future.

Probably the biggest mistake that I made personally is I knew early on that I wanted to go into start-ups and creating kind of software that could help change the lives of millions of people. And basically what I did is I kind of went, okay, well, I need a set of titles and I need a checklist of skills, and I ran through all that, and that wasn't a useless thing, but what I didn't realize, and, you know, and no one gave me the right advice for doing this, is that actually your network, in essentially, is your career.

Every individual is essentially now a small business and entrepreneur.

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