The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities.

You're not just trying to do something marginally, incrementally better. You're doing something that is a fundamental paradigm shift, that will have exponential impact. That means it's harder to do, but ultimately, if it's successful, the impact it has is far greater.

Think about this: It was illegal for most people to connect to the internet before 1992.

Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind

I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.