Do the emotional labor of working on things that others fear.

Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with.

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.

Conversations among the members of your marketplace happen whether you like it or not. Good marketing encourages the right sort of conversations.

Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for.

If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.