People are legitimately worried about Donald Trump, almost like a schoolyard bully, if I step up, am I going to be targeted, too?

It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is you want to be doing and want to be going, but also be smart enough that you are essentially listening to criticism, negative feedback, competitive entries.

You should have an investment thesis that essentially says why you think this is potentially a good idea.

We don't celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning

You gotta be both flexible and persistent.

Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful.