The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their time marketing to the crowd. Smart organizations assemble the tribe.

We fail when we give up too soon.

Mass attention is almost unattainable and it's not clear that you want it.

Every activity worth doing has a learning curve.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

While you may have made money doing something a certain way yesterday, there's no reason to believe you'll succeed at it tomorrow.