Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: February 13, 1966
My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with..
We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business..
There are people who want the comfort and structure of a job where they're given tasks and told what to do. I think it's actually a minority of peopl….
I’ve grown a lot, and I’m learning every week..
Don't lose sight of user delight..
The first rule (of investing) for me is don't have rules. You find one amazing investment and that's all that matters. If you pick the right body of ….
You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers..
I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humb….
If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster..
I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs..
I think we live in a unique time - the verbs that make up our online and mobile lives haven't been completely invented or imagined for us. That was k….
From the beginning... I wanted to build a company that could sustain not for two years or four years or even ten years but be something that really m….
I got involved early on in social media - I created one of the first social networks - and for me, social gaming was a natural evolution of that..
You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all point….
Clearly as you move to being a public company, probably even more than growth, there is a huge value based on predictability..
Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises..
I've been good at product entrepreneuring..
I think you're defined as a company by what you choose to do and what you choose not to do..
I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded.….
I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer..
Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea..