If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.

Because it's one of these sort of connections between nodes- every pair of people adds communication overhead.

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.

You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.

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

You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.

The tenth social network, and limited only to college students with no money, also terrible. Myspace had won.