What comes after the revolution is inevitably bureaucracy. Whoever wins the revolution builds a bureaucracy

Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasnt a puppet.

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services] Spotify is returning a HUGE amount of money [to the record labels]. If we continue growing at our current rate in terms of subscriptions and downloads, we'll overtake iTunes in terms of contributions to the recorded music business in under two years.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.

Your biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is not concealing your idea from others or keeping your idea a secret, it is actually convincing people that you're not crazy and that you can pull this off.