It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.

So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.

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.

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important.

There are lots of cycles to markets - boom and bust - and also in perceptions of people. The conventional wisdom of Steve Case as genius or fool was highly cyclical. The truth was always in the middle.

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.