If Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand something, it’s not defeat. It’s not even something he has to accept. It’s merely a challenge he needs to engineer his way out of, and that includes human emotions and relationships.

Stop looking at the Web as merely a display opportunity and not a way to interact. That does not create a new business model, it just shifts one that isn't growing and is outdated. The reason sites like Google are stealing advertisers from daily newspapers is not because Google has more eyeballs. It's because Google used the interactivity of the Web to deliver a new, better way to advertise.

The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experiences. It's excuses.

I am honest enough with myself to admit it. I rarely offer strong opinions, I have a backbone like a pair of bifold doors, and I am terrified of not being approved of.

Art is the most important thing to me in the entire world. It is my passion. Nothing else. End of story.

You can keep your privacy in the world by keeping your product, not your personality, the star.

It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.