...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees.

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

You gotta be both flexible and persistent.

Entrepreneurship is a life idea, not a strictly business one; a global idea, not a strictly American one.

That's part of the reason why we also need to focus on, how do I give to society, how do I participate in society, how do I make society a better place, because, by the way, it's good for me, but it's also good for all of us in the environment in which we live and work.

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.

Companies hire a lot during boom times because they're trying to adequately accelerate into the future.