Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.
I've been doing a hybrid of investing and entrepreneurship, which I think initially I wasn't set out to do. But I realized it fit my personality.
Look - There's good creepy and there's bad creepy. Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity.
I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.
Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.
The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.
One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.
Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles.
You start to accumulate your library of music. You want that music everywhere - that's the point where we monetize. If you want portability, mobility, and access, then you buy it.
At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.
I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.
I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful.
Solving specific problems is what drives me. I am not interested in having a career. I never have been.
I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.
You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.
I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.
You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.
It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on.
You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they can't stop using it.
