To Me, Ideas Are Worth Nothing Unless

Recruiting Is Hard. It's Just Finding The Needles In The Haystack. You Can't Know Enough In A One-hour Interview. So, In The End, It's Ultimately Based On Your Gut. How Do I Feel About This Person? What Are They Like When They're Challenged? I Ask Everybody That: 'why Are You Here?' The Answers Themselves Are Not What You're Looking For. It's The Meta-data.

Management Is About Persuading People To Do Things They Do Not Want To Do, While Leadership Is About Inspiring People To Do Things They Never Thought They Could.

The System Is That There Is No System. That Doesn't Mean We Don't Have Process. Apple Is A Very Disciplined Company, And We Have Great Processes. But That's Not What It's About. Process Makes You More Efficient.

It's Hard To Tell With These Internet Startups If They're Really Interested In Building Companies Or If They're Just Interested In The Money. I Can Tell You, Though: If They Don't Really Want To Build A Company, They Won't Luck Into It. That's Because It's So Hard That If You Don't Have A Passion, You'll Give Up.

I Don't Mind If People Don't Like Me. Well, I Might A Little ... But I Really Mind It When Somebody Uses Their Position At Time Magazine To Tell 10 Million People They Don't Like Me. I Know What It's Like To Have Your Private Life Painted In The Worst Possible Light In Front Of A Lot Of People.