Start with local press first. Start with people you know. Don't pitch every journalist.

Starting a company is a cause, not a job. Once it becomes a job, that's when you lose

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

If you can't build relationships from nothing, you will fail. You must have that drive.

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things.

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.

I'm proud to call myself a Mashable alumnus.

Relationships are the key element to Press & PR

Windows Updates have sometimes been a pain point for users. The update pop-ups can interrupt a movie or a video game, and the automatic restarts can result in lost data or confused users.

The more PR buzzwords you include in your press release, the less likely I am to write you up

Success needs no authorization, yet failure requires permission.

God will cause you to prosper, even when man says you won't.

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.

...my soul bleeding tears of anguish

What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it's the opposite.

I tend to not only read reviews, but also every little stupid thing online. It's a very bad idea, and there's a lot of angry people in the world. And it's weird to absorb all that weirdness.

Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.

Not lost, but gone before.

Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!

What I'm continuing to do is cutting out the equation that wastes the most amount of time - and that is working within the system.