A dream with a deadline is a goal.

All Disruption starts with introspection.

In life, you get what you believe you deserve.

Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure

A free and open Internet is a despot's worst enemy.

Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.

The customer is always right...even when they're wrong.

Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.

The most important tool you have on a resume is language.

Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.

A career is just a longer trip with a whole lot more baggage.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.

Security doesn't rob ambition; the illusion of security robs ambition.

Founding a successful startup is no different than forming a rock band.

Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.

Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.

The strength of brand loyalty begins with how your product makes people feel.

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.

To be successful, innovation is not just about value creation, but value capture.

Those that recognize the inevitability of change stand to benefit the most from it.

Our world's future is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize.

Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.

The secret to fundraising comes down to three magic words: before, more, and strategic.

Plan for ways to get more enjoyment into your life and you will get more joy out of it.

An average idea enthusiastically embraced will go farther than a genius idea no one gets.

Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.

If you don't know where you want to be in five years, how do you ever expect to get there?

The real challenge is for each of us to determine where we feel we can make the most impact.

Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.

Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.

Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.

You don't need to be an engineer or a tech person to benefit from technology. You can hire them.

The power of crowd sourcing always remains with the crowd, not the technological implementation.

Too many investors overvalue companies in the near term while undervaluing them in the long term.

It doesn't matter how good your product solution is if users don't enjoy or understand how to use it.

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

At the heart of all sales and marketing is the ability to create demand even in the absence of logic.

You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.

Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.

Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.

There are two types of people in this world: those whose look for opportunity and those who make it happen.

Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world.

Zuckerberg rejected $2 billion for Facebook and has successfully created a company worth nearly $200 billion.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

There are riches to be found simply by capturing the value released through others' disruptive breakthroughs.

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