Jay Matthews

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To... See more

In other words, stepping back and allowing trees to arrive naturally on their own time is, in many places, not an option.

Platform: network of users and developers; multi-sided feedback loop between those users, developers, and platform itself creates flywheel effect increasing value for each of those groups. Network that can be programmed, customized, and extended by outside users. (often meets needs and creates niches not defined by original developers at the... See more

We need to understand and accept that this is the psychological reality we are working with —and  we need to embrace the work of changing it for the better

Early-stage VC: Venture investing attracted me for several reasons. The most compelling of them was the limitless opportunity it presented to discourse with visionaries from a myriad of industries, play a critical role in the innovation life-cycle of companies, and create value and jobs in the process.

Caveats to the "Underdog Strategy" When a really credible person tells you you can't succeed, in some sense, you basically internalize those expectations, your confidence drops, you actually believe them, and you don't perform as successfully. On the other hand, when you receive low expectations from someone who's not seen as credible, you perceive... See more

This, indeed, is the silent refrain of the novel: the haunting reminder that however the past and the future might unfold and refold in the origami of even the most elaborate time-model, unless we live in the present, we are not living at all.