I think you can say a lot of evil behavior by companies is short-term optimization.

I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears.

The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology.

I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.

I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.

Tech companies tend to do tech best.