You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.

Just put a little pin in your mind: when you cross 50 employees, there are a new set of HR rules that you have to comply with.

One of the great and terrible things about starting a start up is that you get no credit for trying.

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.

It takes years and years, usually a decade, to create a great startup.

In the beginning of a company, there is no management and this actually works really well.

We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.