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

One of the great strengths of American culture is this empowerment of individual, is the individual being able to be entrepreneurial, create new things. But you create a whole group of people to make great companies. It's employees and investors and customers and partners. The fabric of society, of a network of relations, is key to being successful.

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

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

World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories.

Success...is no longer a simple ascension of steps. You need to climb sideways and sometimes down, and sometimes you need to swing from the jungle gym and establish your own turf somewhere else on the playground.

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.