The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.

Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing.

I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.

The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.

Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.

Markets come and go. Good business don't.

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible.

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

It brought a lot of joy to me to be in his arms.

‎"We shouldn't wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available--all the time!

She gave me for my pains a world of sighs.

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.

A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history.

I like girls with a good sense of humour. Girls who are a lot of fun to be around.

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

I don't see the point of being an actor and doing the same thing, all the time. Where's the challenge there?

My only aversion to vice, is the price.

That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity.