Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.
If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.
The most important thing is not to let fundraising get you down. Startups live or die on morale. If you let the difficulty of raising money destroy your morale, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
If your sole focus is money, you may create a successful startup. But if it’s impact, you can probably create history.
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.
The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
I think the single most reassuring thing about doing a startup is knowing in advance how difficult it is going to be.
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
Great companies are built on great products.
No, I don’t ever give up. I’d have to be dead or completely incapacitated.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, ‘Wow, that was an adventure,’ not, ‘Wow, I sure felt safe.’
What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: Know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.
Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.