I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.

You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.

You can't be focussed without really great communication

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless.

The hard part is that this is a very fine line. There's right on one side of it, and crazy on the other.

There are 3 things I look for when I hire people. Are they smart? Do they get things done? Do I want to spend a lot of time around them?