I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight.

You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.

People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.

I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know.

I fundamentally believe that people have a genuine desire to be positively engaged in the world around them.

It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

Profit per se is not my motive.

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina.

People are doing amazing things right now on the Web.

There are far too many people that waste their time telling themselves that they don’t have enough time.

Spick and span new.

It's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed.

The one thing that Via Dolorosa has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

The more I work, the more I want to work.

The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.

By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our culture.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.

Essentials of how to do a startup do not include writing a business plan