When you have an idea, a classic entrepreneurial impulse is to hold the idea close to you and not tell people and that's almost always a mistake.

There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate to be here.

You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.

Pay attention to your culture and your hires from the very beginning.

Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.

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 CEO's job is always about leadership. It's about leadership in a vision, in terms of where you're going, it's about making sure that you have the right organization and staff, and that you have kind of clearly communicated what some of the plays are and what some of the goals are in terms of the business and how do you organize together in order to make that happen.