All great ideas start as weird ideas. What now seems obvious, early on, is not obvious to anybody.

So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles.

And so the idea was, well maybe you can take an Atari video game machine, where people plug in a game cartridge, and plug in a modem, and tie that into a telephone, and essentially turn that game in the machine into an interactive terminal.

All great ideas start as weird ideas. What now seems obvious, early on, is not obvious to anybody.

It's silly for me to raise expectations too much, but I think I'm right on the basic trend, which is shifting power to consumers.

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

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.