If You Don't Hire At Least One

If You Don't Hire At Least One Or Two People That Are Smarter Than You Are, Then You're A Terrible Manager And I Don't Need You.

When You're Building Something, You Know All Of The Trade-offs.

Every Company Needs To Have A Skunkworks, To Try Things That Have A High Probability Of Failing. You Try To Minimize Failure, But At The Same Time, If You're Not Willing To Try Things That Are Inherently Risky, You're Not Going To Make Progress.

The Subtle Generational Cues That Make One Thing Cool And Another Uncool Aren't Always Obvious To A Parent. My Children Are My Dinner-table Sounding Board. I've Come Up With Some Wonderful Ideas That They Universally Dismissed As 'lame.'

The Ultimate Inspiration Is The Deadline.