We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.

It's very tough when two creative people are together.

If you really want to kill morale, have layoffs every two months for the next two years.

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.