Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change.

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best.

The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really matter to me are not on my PC. And so they're going to be able to extract less of a monopoly rent, so to speak.