Great Opportunities Almost Never Fit Your Schedule.

Boom And Bust Cycles Are Very Difficult For Businesses Because You're Hiring A Bunch Because You're Planning For The Future. And If The Future Is Going To Be Very Big, You Need To Hire People, Or Suddenly You Go To Boom To Bust, Then All Of A Sudden, You're Kind Of Battening Down The Hatches And Trying To Sail, You Know, Through The Storm, It's A Different Thing. So Part Of It Is Making Good Decisions About, Well, How Long Is A Boom Cycle Going To Be, You Know, Don't Plan On It Going Forever.

Not Only Can Anyone Be An Entrepreneur, But They Must Be.

Part Of What Being A Great Founder Is, Is Being Both Able To Hold The Belief, To Think About Where It Is You Want To Be Doing And Want To Be Going, But Also Be Smart Enough That You Are Essentially Listening To Criticism, Negative Feedback, Competitive Entries.

Most Of The Ethical Dilemmas That I Have Faced Have All Been In The Category Of, You Know, I Know Something And What's My Obligation To Disclose It. So, For Example, You See People Make A Mistake In The Contract That You're Making Between The Businesses And Do You Disclose It Or Do You Reveal It? And Generally Speaking, The Way That I Solve These Is I Kind Of Go Through A List Of, You Know, What's The Most, What Are The Obligations And Constituencies And In What Order?

Part Of The Reason We Like Democracy Is It's The Portfolio Of Decades, Which Is To Say You Don't Also Get The Disastrous Dictator Who Completely Destroys A Society, Engages You In Wars And So Forth.