Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: August 5, 1967
At Silicon Valley, I'm extremely sympathetic to the revolutionary response. I not only agree with it emotionally. I agree with it practically. And th….
Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big..
What is an entrepreneur? Someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down..
When you’re doing work you care about, you are able to work harder and better..
First mover Advantage doesn't go to the company that starts up, it goes to the company that scales up.
You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future..
People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't..
Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a pers….
People are legitimately worried about Donald Trump, almost like a schoolyard bully, if I step up, am I going to be targeted, too?.
Managing risk is a key variable, frankly, all aspects of life, business is just one of them, and one of the things that most people do in terms of ma….
I find that the interesting challenges, because there's obvious things where, you know, don't be unethical, don't be evil, you know, don't break the ….
I actually think we need to put our energies, as entrepreneurs, as technology inventors, as government, to being much more inclusive. I think the key….
The reality is: a founder is someone who deals with a ton of different headaches and no one is universally super powered..
All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA..
There's an ability to learn & adapt, an ability to constantly have a vision that's driving you, but to be taking input from all sources..
People generally worry about social networking more than they need to. In kind of consumer internet investing and on social and professional networks….
That's part of the reason why we also need to focus on, how do I give to society, how do I participate in society, how do I make society a better pla….
Help the people in your network. And let them help you..
One of the really key things to look at in terms of crafting strategy when you're in an economic crises is how do you maximize essentially your liqui….
Trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace..
It's useful to be able to recognize whether you're on track or not. To have that belief, but also paranoia about am I tracking against my investment ….