I like ... what I characterize as more built-to-last ideas rather than built-to-flip ideas.

We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third try won't work. But if you stay at it and you're learning, you're talking to others, and you're learning together, eventually you'll break through and see the kind of impact you were hoping for.

My father and his brothers were all lawyers, so I think that the expectation was probably for me to grow up to be an attorney, but it never really fascinated me that much. I was more interested in building things.

The only way to continue to have a robust economy is to out-innovate other nations.

Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home

Keep your eye on the prize and focus on your mission. Remember what you’re trying to do, what your value is, why it’s important, and at the same time, change course and direction. If the market’s telling you different things how are you going to adjust to that?

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.