I wish to be focused on kind of the business stuff I'm doing, how do I contribute to our economic progress, how do I help create a future for American industry, American middle class, these kind of things. Those things actually really matter to me.

What is an entrepreneur? Someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.

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

Most of the ethical dilemmas that I have faced have all been in the category of, you know, I know something and what's my obligation to disclose it. So, for example, you see people make a mistake in the contract that you're making between the businesses and do you disclose it or do you reveal it? And generally speaking, the way that I solve these is I kind of go through a list of, you know, what's the most, what are the obligations and constituencies and in what order?

What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task... Usually it's best to have two or three people on a team rather than a solo founder.

If you don't start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.

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