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“I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.”
“My only loyalty is to what's best for business, not to any set of constituents.”
“Zoomin is a hybrid model. The management and founding team is the one with half.com.”
“I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.”
“I have lived the life of the entrepreneur, and so I know the pain they are feeling. I know the daily ups and downs they go through. You know, they have their highs and lows sometimes within a matter of hours in a day.”
“My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certainly going to make all the difference for other children, too.”
“I think, ultimately, open always wins out. It wins out because you cannot lock data in; you can't lock people in. They will find a way out.”
“When you've dealt with real-life issues, dealing with business issues is not that hard.”