1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.

AirBnB happened because Brian Chesky couldn't pay his rent, but did have some space.

Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they do.

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.

... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you; you know fires in a day.

Unpopular but right is what you're going for.