The metaphor that I frequently use for entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane plane on the way down.

One of the really key things to look at in terms of crafting strategy when you're in an economic crises is how do you maximize essentially your liquidity position? Your ability to both take kind of profits and revenues and business and then convert that into a stronger lead. And so those companies that can do that can actually, you know, get a march on their competitors.

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

Data only exists within the framework of a vision you're building to, a hypothesis of where you're moving to.

It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

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