“Let’s take what we’re good at and rethink it. That’s not a side project. That is the very company itself.”
“The Internet is not wires and tech—it’s just us. It’s full of all of our greatness and biases and racism and misogyny. It comes through in the algorithms.”
“Building a platform is the essence of being a technology company. Allow people to build things on top of you.”
“Innovating for constraints will drive the next generation of technology.”
“Marketplaces don’t work when people are cheating.”
“The head of any company should be optimistic. If you’re trying to lead anybody, you’d better not be pessimistic. Not too many people follow pessimists.”
“The shift to mobile is the fastest adoption of a communication technology that we’ve ever seen. The word ‘online’ is about to be something only your parents say.”
“We’re a long way from the end of history as far as America is concerned.”
“Important industries are rarely built by one company.”