The world has not just "turned upside down". It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.

One reason (among many) that women may well take over the world of "virtual enterprises" is that they seem to have a greater instinct for networking. And the unfettered-by-machismo males who have taken to networking will do better than those who shun it as "sissy stuff." But truth is, it has always been the age of "networkers"; and in an era where organizations depend more and more on tenuously connected outsiders to get the job done, it will only become so.

I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.

I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop.

...high end does not necessarily equal high price. It's a matter of attitude.

TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.

The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.