“So many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk.”

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

Bring the world closer together.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

I think I’ve grown and learned a lot.

Our mission is to make the world more open and connected.

Instead of building walls, we can help build bridges.

When you want to change things, you can’t please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren’t making enough progress.

I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems.

Our goal is not to build a platform; it’s to be cross all of them.

It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know.

If you actually do something you love it’s a lot easier and takes on a lot more purpose.

Find that thing you are super passionate about.

Please wear a mask. Covid is spreading quickly again and masks help keep people healthy and keep the country open.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today. I’m looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading books.

We’ve changed our internal motto from Move fast and break things to Move fast with stable infrastructure.

Some people never try to move forward because they are afraid of falling behind.

Surround yourself with people who aren’t afraid to give their opinions but aren’t afraid to chase your goals with you.

If you are afraid to fail, you will afraid to try, and it is far better to try and fail than refuse to try.

You might be afraid of being alone now. But soon you will be afraid of having the wrong people as company.

Don’t be afraid to learn from others mistakes, and take bits of useful information or ideas that help you get better at what you do.

Your wings already exist all you have to do is fly. Don’t be afraid to spread your wings.

I’ll do things that maybe other people would be afraid to do or afraid to say. But in my personal life, I’m actually very responsible with my personal relationships.

Learn to laugh at your failures, smile at your wins and don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself.