In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.

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.

To sense the peace of extinguished passionHappiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

Nobody makes anybody enlightened.Just tell them what you want to say, then let them decide for themselves.

The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.

What paper planes and empty seats most have in common is that they are best made by children still learning how to ride things out.

This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.

So far as musical pedagogy is concerned - And by extension of musical creation - Nadia Boulanger is the most influential person who ever lived

I'm an adrenaline junkie, I won't deny it. I'm not addicted to anything in life, except adrenaline.

The players need to remember to run with their bodies above their legs.