It is impossible to dissociate an individual from the environment of which he is a part. No story of achievement should ever be removed from its broader social context.
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.
Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.
Finished ought to be an F-word for all of us. We are all works in progress. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, grow more in our lives and careers.
You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.
Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you – as entrepreneurs do.
Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.
The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience than people’s fears.
Trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace.
Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.
The future is sooner and stranger than you think.
A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company that treats its people like disposable assets.
If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you to the information, insights and people to be more effective.
If you don’t start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.
When I’m raising money, this fundraising, I’m thinking about the next fundraising. I’m thinking how I’m set up for it.
What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task. Usually it’s best to have two or three people on a team, rather than a solo founder.
Help the people in your network. And let them help you.
I am most heartened when I’m talking to a team when they’re reasoning to each other.
In software, speed to market, speed to learning is really key. In hardware, if you screw it up, you’re dead. So accuracy really matters.
We don’t celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning.
It’s very conventional to say that you’re a contrarian these days.