People are incredible creatures of habit.

Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.

The way to build billion dollar companies is to first build something people love. There isn't really a shortcut there.

People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.

Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.

I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.