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" I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life.' "

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" Every social media post should have a beautiful graphic. If there are two identical stories, the one with the beautiful graphic will always win. "

" If you're an entrepreneur and you think that the president makes a difference to your business, you should stay at your current job. "

" The right algorithm is to put off seeking funds for as long as physically possible. And in an ideal world, a startup would never have to seek funds at all. "

" I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family. "

" I'm a lousy predictor of the future. "

" I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The key is the 10/20/30 rule: 10 slides given in 20 minutes using no font smaller than 30 points. If people just adhered to this rule, they would double or triple the quality of their presentations. "

" Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them. "

" The most powerful way to convince the interviewer that you can do the job is to show how much you already know about the industry, the company, and the products/services of the company. In other words, enchant the interviewer with how much you already know. "

" My mother taught me not to take any crap from anyone and to stand up for my rights. You might not believe this lesson came from a tiny Japanese woman, but it's true. "

" Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws. "

" Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make. "

" Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap. "

" There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approach. "

" At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both. "

" The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers. "

" You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense. "

" The good news about entrepreneurship is that your fate is in your hands. The bad news is that your fate is in your hands! "

" Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment. "

" A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent. "

" A simple summary of my life is that my parents worked very hard so that I could have a great education, and I took that education and worked very hard to get where I am. I would like my kids' lives to be exactly the same. "

" Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea. "

" Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. "

" It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment, but this is simplistic. The real question is who will innovate. "

" If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number. "

" Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing. "

" I started my career counting diamonds and schlepping gold jewelry around the world. The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers. "

" A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'. "

" When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people. "

" It's hard to name a person who is unpopular who has influence. "