"I realize now that the hard part is not being brilliant and coming up with great ideas. The hard part is really being honest with yourself, because we so often want to look at the world through rose-colored glasses."
"The challenge in building something that is counterintuitive is that it’s counterintuitive. Not everybody is going to get it. But if it’s easy, you’re probably doing something that a bunch of other people are going to do or are already doing, and there may not be a big upside."