We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Obsess about the quality of the product.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

She'd hardly describe Trent as "cute." Adonis, stud-like, hottie McHot Hot, even pulchritudinous - all acceptable descriptions. Hardly just cute.

I wanted to learn how to do everything a person could do on a guitar. Of course, that was impossible.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

The thorn keeps us from over-inflating

Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

We serve a good God who oversees the affairs of mankind.

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.