“Don’t focus on getting acquired. That’s like being a single woman who desperately wants to get married.

“..the interviews are very well-done: they let the programmer speak, yet the interviewer keeps them on track.

“It is ok to not write code for a while, if that works for you. But inactivity can easily breed paralysis, a form of fear of the blank page.

Vision is important, yes. Necessary, definitely. But there are subtle feedback loops between vision and action. Just standing in one place is often not the best way to exploit vision. Moving a few steps here and there aids depth perception, and helps vision work better.

“Apparently Indonesia is the biggest market for Nokia.

“Release as early as you can get away with and attract users.

As more and more people release software, it becomes harder and harder to attract users. The bar on the first release is going up.

“The barbarian is typically in the thrall of shibboleths ancient as the hills and seeks only to bring his interlocutor into the same bondage. Barbarians are machine guns of propaganda. They are not gentle. They know not conversation. They are, sad to say, taking over the world.

“..seventy five percent of all SIDS cases are actually homicides.

“Secondary stock markets are zero-sum. They don’t produce anything, just set prices. I think it’s really sad that so many of the best and brightest minds are drawn into competing with each other instead of creating value for others.

Some sort of stock market, with decent liquidity and abundant information, is necessary for proper functioning of the economy. But the stock market we have, where hedge funds colocate boxes on the exchange so that they can execute trades within milliseconds of new information coming in, is overkill.

“For God’s sake, stop suing your customers.

“If you are a busy startup founder and don’t have much time to read, you should probably read Marc’s stuff instead of mine.