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" I would like my kids to inherit a world where people succeed because of merit and hard work, not entitlement, and where people accept others for what they are and not try to change them. "

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

" 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. "

" If you provide enough value, then you earn the right to promote your company in order to recruit new customers. The key is to always provide value. "

" 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. "

" Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across. "

" 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. "

" Leverage your brand. You shouldn't let two guys in a garage eat your shorts. "

" The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. "

" I love the notification system on Google+. If someone mentions you, you get notified via Gmail. That's very useful for someone like me. "

" 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. "

" Evangelism is selling a dream. "

" If you make money, you might not make meaning. "

" 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. "

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

" A company should search for every instance of the use of its name and zoom in when there are issues - both good and bad. "

" When I was getting my education, I fell in love with the writings of Peter Drucker. He was my hero. I had a naive belief that when I became a manager, it was going to be like Peter Drucker's books. That is, I was going to be the effective executive. I was going to talk to people about their goals. I was going to help them actualize. "

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

" I don't take myself that seriously. I'm a pragmatist. "

" Different parts of the world have different attitudes to failure. Arguably, it may take more courage to be an entrepreneur in Sydney, or Paris, or London, or Japan, or Singapore... but an entrepreneur sees the world for what it could be, not what it is. "

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

" Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. "

" My perspective is this: my allegiance is to the best product for my needs. For a computer, this means Macintosh. For phone and tablet, this means Android. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My recommendation for SEO is very simple. It's Write Good Stuff. In my mind, Google is in the business of finding good stuff. It has thousands of the smartest people in the world, spending billions of dollars to find the good stuff. All you have to do is write the good stuff; you don't need to trick it. "

" Not many people agree with what I do. "