Times of economic crises can change what the competitive landscape looks like, because when, for example, you have boom times, capital is easy to come by, growth is easy, sometimes what you focus on is, you know, how to accelerate in the boom. During economic crises, the question is, the companies that come out of, you know, that are sailing through that with the best liquidity, both assets on the balance sheet, making money, ability to grow their businesses, get a disproportionate competitive advantage.

I get energy from one-on-one conversations most often, and I lose energy from group conversations most often.

You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.

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

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.

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