Entrepreneurship is a life idea, not a strictly business one; a global idea, not a strictly American one.

During normal times or boom times, there are some parts of the business that are going to so well, that that can cover for weakness and other parts of the business. What happens during recessions, is you have less windfalls just helping you cover mistakes. You have to be more careful about not making mistakes.

The other reason why people don't take a stand, which is very true in this election, is looking at [Donald] Trump and fearing reprisal, fearing reprisal from someone who is seeking the highest, most powerful role in the land, who has had a history of doing everything from attacks, threats and lawsuits and who has a complete kind of vengeful, narcissistic behavior, which makes people legitimately worried, almost like a schoolyard bully, that if I step up, am I going to be targeted, too?

Companies hire a lot during boom times because they're trying to adequately accelerate into the future.

We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen.

It's better to be the best connected than the most connected.

First mover Advantage doesn't go to the company that starts up, it goes to the company that scales up