I think we realized the depth of frustration through the current political process. So we said, "OK, we know there's a serious problem here, we know we need to work on it," and now it's "Oh, we need to work on it a lot faster."

There are opportunities that you get during crises times. Crises times are a great time to start a business.

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.

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.

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.

I'm sympathetic to the people who go, "Whoa, we'd like to have the benevolent, wise dictator. It will all work much more efficiently," but the reason that we remain staunch democrats - with a small d - is it's a decades long, it's a centuries long, it's a country long process for being inclusive.

I think the boarding schools are like miniature versions of "Lord of the Flies."