“People do make judgments of trust on appearance – in the real world and online.”

Solve a real problem. You don’t start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along with it. You become an entrepreneur to solve a real problem.

Tell anyone and everyone your idea without fear they’re going to steal it.

Recessions are great because they unlock the best people.

It’s okay to doubt yourself, it’s okay to feel down; just never give up.

Solve a real problem and the world is yours.

Observe the world around you everything you do, and especially everything you hate to do.

When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA.

We wouldn’t be able to buy things online, because your credit cards – they’ve probably been ripped off anyway, but they would be ripped off left and right every day if there wasn’t encryption.

I know there’s an online petition to have another referendum [like Brexit] but I think honestly I think if people want to go for it a little further down the line it would be a hiding for nothing.

The thing about online gambling is that it’s never away, it’s always accessible. And so, if you have an issue with gambling, it’s designed to take advantage of that.

Online gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people told you to work hard and get ahead, but when someone shows you something and it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.

I know that the vitriol and hyperbole that exists online, and the anonymity, can be deadly because it’s cloaked in negativity and it’s brutal sometimes.

Like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

There’s this group online that I frequent.