You also want people who are maniacally determined and that is slightly different than having a risk tolerant attitude.

You have to find a small market in which you can get a monopoly and then quickly expand.

You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.

Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.

The natural state of a start-up is to die; most start-ups require multiple miracles in their early days to escape this fate.

The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.

It's better to have a few users love your product than for a lot of users to sort of like it.