Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.

Investors, most of them, have a herd mentality. They want to invest only if other people are investing

Lots of people were skeptical, but that's always true when you do something that hasn't been done before.

You've got to say you are a step ahead of where you actually are to move to the step that you want to be at.

Starting a startup is a process of trial and error. What guided the founders through this process was their empathy for the users. They never lost sight of making things that people would want.

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

Pick a big enough project, something that's really hard, something that over the years you can work on.

The one thing we learned over 5 years is that nothing works better than just improving your product.

People like the idea of innovation in the abstract, but when you present them with any specific innovation, they tend to reject it because it doesn't fit with what they already know.

Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers.

When you are truly happy you will realise that there is nothing to prove to people.

You were the one girl I wanted who wanted nothing to do with me.

Unnecessary Counter arguments. Can expose your ignorance and stupidity.

Since I see technology as being an extension of the human body, it's inevitable that it should come home to roost.

Listening to your ego brings your vibration down

In the 1950s, buggery was a criminal offence. Now it's a requirement to receive benefits from the federal government.

It's easy to judge, to think we know for certain the right thing to do. Sometimes, it just isn't so clear.

The government needs the help of industry. But the reality is companies will balance that against their own commercial interest in a very competitive market.

It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.

Failure means you've now learned another valuable lesson that pushes you one step closer to success.