HootSuite never had a big launch. We were lucky to even have office space.

Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day, I'm driven to prove them wrong.

Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email.

For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.

What drives me is the prospect of turning an obstacle into a business opportunity, and then growing that into something lasting and rewarding.

Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.

Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.

I'm motivated by solving new and challenging problems, especially ones that people say can't or shouldn't be tackled.

Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.

It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not.

Music felt married to place, and the notion of "somewhere" predated the Internet's seeming invention of "everywhere" (which often ends up feeling like "nowhere").

Don't try to be the next J.K. Rowling. Just try to be the first you.

When a leader replaces the value of selfless service with selfish ambition they have officially regressed back into a boss.

With some we’re certain our hearts must’ve been acquainted long before we have ever met them.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not.

A normal person is someone that you don't know very well.

In the limelight I play it off fine, but I can't handle it when I turn off my night-light.

Values reduce to facts about the well-being of conscious creatures.

Foul whisp'rings are abroad.