Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big. Democracy is always frustrating, but it creates a society that, for example, allows us to invest in each other's kids, to have public education, to have both a greater society and individual freedom for creating businesses.

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

Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.

The future is sooner and stranger than you think.

Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.

All human beings are entrepreneurs.

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