Now it is much faster and cheaper to bring thedocument to the user, rather than ask the user to come to the document or collection.

The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.

Are you placing enough interesting, freakish, long shot, weirdo bets?

Only pissed-off people change the world.

The good news - and it is largely good news - is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark

Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.

Skill at creating, exploiting, and exiting crucial alliances beats ownership of fixed assets