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Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.
I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.
I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to that rule myself.
Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.
You can't make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it's quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.
The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period.
It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. ... Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.
Google will fulfill its mission only when its search engine is AI-complete. You guys know what that means? That's artificial intelligence.
What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would hold together.
We always enter markets where the leaders are not doing a great job, so we can go in and disrupt them by offering better quality services.
A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.
I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.
I only take vitamin B complex. Before World War II, I used to take ionized yeast, because in the pre-war era we never heard about vitamins.
When you're first thinking through an idea, it's important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do.
Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don't waste time - grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it's not fun, move on.
We don't actually plan to launch new businesses over the next few years, but we are planning to take the ones we have into new territories.
About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.
If people are jumping down people's throats all the time, in the end, they'll just shrivel up like a flower shrivels up that's not watered.
We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.
I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.
My first trip to China was 1990, and that was in a world where there were virtually no cars at all on the road, and everybody had bicycles.
Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met.
Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.
My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to.
Our mission is to organize the world's information. Clearly, the more information we have when we do a search, the better it's going to work.
Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.
I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products.
It's not the great stars that win; it's the great teams that win. It's the teams that subjugate their ego to the team and put the team first.
Business is usually a team sport. There isn't one great person sitting there directing things. You can't run an effective business like that.
My batting average has been good, so people ask how much luck is involved. I tell them when I work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I get lucky.
Often people think opportunity is a matter of luck. I believe opportunities are all around us. Some seize it. Others stand and let it pass by.
It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.
My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'
There's no better satisfaction than watching the people around you, who have worked day and night to get something right, realising the dream.
Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.
A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.
For those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let’s roll out the welcome mat.
I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.
I remember turning in my first assignment in elementary school using the computer and the teachers were kind of confused that I had printed it.
Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.
Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code
I myself have invested in Uber and Hailo, I think they offer great alternatives to disrupt markets that have remained unchanged for many years.
By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well.
I am not comfortable discussing politics publicly; I am very comfortable talking about my friendships with people who happen to be in politics.