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" The team that I had built was all white dudes with the same perspective on things that was at times comfortable and easy, but we weren't as innovative as our competitors. "

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" When I look for new books, I often struggle to find things that challenge and entertain me. This has caused me to spend a number of cycles thinking about where I can get the serendipitous book discovery experience that we had in physical book stores. "

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" We are often celebrating technology and codes, but we don't really think about the creative side. "

" I usually hire people who have very exemplary work experience. Where they went to school, or what degree they have, really has no play into the hiring decision. "

" Donald Trump won the election. I think that's true. I also think there was interference. If this was another country, I think we'd be demanding another election. "

" What I do think is important is this idea of a 'privacy native' where you grow up in a world where the values of privacy are very different. So it's not that I'm against privacy but that the values around privacy are very different for me and for people who are younger than my parent's generation, for whom it's weird to live in a glass house. "

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" I wonder which is ultimately more creepy: shopping at Amazon or using Facebook? "

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" Very smart people are often tricked by hackers, by phishing. I don't exclude myself from that. It's about being smarter than a hacker. Not about being smart. "

" I programmed computers every day. And one of my favourite apps we built was this thing called Awesome Updater, that all it did is send you a tweet randomly that was like, 'Yo, you're awesome.' "

" I am patiently waiting for the singularity. "

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" The opportunity to step away from everything and take a break is something that shouldn't be squandered. "

" Our goal is to solve a problem for the retailer, not to solve a problem for my ego - which is big. "

" My biggest worry is that no one seems to notice that we are not going to stop the technical progress that is going to continue to displace people through automation. "

" There is the egoism of technologists. We do it because we can create. I can handle all of the parameters going into the machine, and I know what is going to come out of it. "

" I don't drink coffee; I drink a lot of green tea and water. "

" In the U.S., it's all about turnout, which means you have to appeal to every single Democrat to get them to vote. "

" A lot of people are buying things on the Internet - not just white men. "

" My entire career has been based around commerce. The Obama campaign was famous for raising boatloads of money online. My question is how do you make conversions better through mobile and e-mail. "

" Myself, I have a philosophy degree and a fake computer-science degree. I say fake because I really didn't learn anything. "

" When you read Trump's tweets or see candidates interact online like Jeb did with Hillary, you're like, 'Yes, it's just like my friends.' That's the magic. "

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" There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who need it the most. "

" I grew up in Greeley, Colorado, in a house without a television set. I was a very nerdy kid: I used to play 'astronaut' and eat bouillon as astronaut food. We also had tons of books. "

" When I called people and said, 'Hey! Do you want to work for the president?' they usually said yes. I had 2 people say no. One person said no because they were a Republican; one person said no because they're a Libertarian. "

" I try and wake up relatively early. I listen to some music and check Twitter. I also make sure I weigh myself and check how long I slept. I do that because knowing that data seems better than not knowing it. "

" TechStars offers a network, and being a part of that network is an awesome opportunity. "

" It was on a bulletin board that I first learned about hacker culture, the 'Let's just break through this wall and see what's on the other side' mentality. "

" In New York City, they have their own way of doing things. Every city and every region should do its own thing. "

" The thing about Snapchat is it is ephemeral, so you don't - it's not like a video that you post to YouTube and then everyone can see it. It's this video that you get to share this kind of very intimate experience again, this very kind of genuine experience with another person in a more one-on-one sort of way. And I really appreciate that. "

" In technology startups, there's a lot of winging it. "

" My career choice has largely been what I wanted to do. I always knew that technology would be one of the threads. "

" Instagram is amazing, and I enjoy sharing photos there. However, I don't think it is where my photos will go to live. "

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