I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.
The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation.
No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.
I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one.
What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.
Obsess about the quality of the product.
If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.
When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the presence of a bad historian, and there are times when I incline to judge all historians by their opinion of Winston Churchill -- whether they can see that, no matter how much better the details, often damaging, of man and career become known, he still remains quite simply, a great man.
Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle.
Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison.
I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, “What’s the definition of a moderate Arab?” “I don’t know. ” “A guy who ran out of ammunition.