In crisis times, it's actually not more difficult to motivate your staff, because everyone gets much more focused on how they control their own economic destiny. So, what you do is you have clear communication, which is always a good leadership technique, and you talk about how you can build something good and strong in the future, and how you can work together in order to do that.

I find that the interesting challenges, because there's obvious things where, you know, don't be unethical, don't be evil, you know, don't break the law, don't do immoral things, those are all straightforward and don't create ethical dilemmas. The thing that's interesting is when you actually have multiple interests at stake and you have to kind of navigate your way through it.

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.

Not only CAN anyone be an entrepreneur, but they MUST be.

I think Hillary [Clinton] has [woken up to the plight of the middle class] and is working toward it in a democratic process.

Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.

The real secret of Silicon Valley is that it's really all about the people