The biggest thing is to create a product that consumers find useful. As more and more people like something, it becomes harder and harder to have a conspiracy theory about it.

Starting a company, your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt. You're going to make decisions, you're going to make bets; most of them are going to turn out to be wrong.

On mobile, what are the core apps? It's basically messaging, mapping and review data.

The entrepreneurs that really make it are the ones that start with an idea but are ready to change it at a moment's notice.

You have to be very nimble and very open minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how your adapt.

Everyone is panicked about the transition to mobile. I don't lose any sleep whatsoever.

Yelp is in a very nice spot: local data, and especially review data, is one of the killer apps on mobile phones.

I think with every successful consumer Internet business, there will be lawyers that are interested in going after your company, especially when they think that there's a financial incentive.

Consumers are empowered by Yelp and tools like it: before, when they had a bad experience, they didn't have much recourse. They could fume, but often nothing else other than tell their friends.

Maintaining the trust of the consumer is critical to our business

In the very beginning, Yelp started as a service where we really didn't think people would write reviews for fun. The whole concept of user-generated content was pretty nascent in 2004.

In Cosmic Ordering, we put our trust

My sin is my shame.

The three phases of Santa belief: (1) Santa is real.(2) Santa isn't real.(3) Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.

For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes.

Industrialism implies technology and the cutting of time into precise fragments suited to the needs of the engineer and the accountant.

It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".

I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.

We have to understand that people are different. I don't know, if we really understand who we're dealing with over there.

To wish and wait From day to day Will never keep The wolves away.