“I think whenever you come in, whenever you try to evolve a company, people will get nervous. But, if you articulate a clear vision, a clear mission to help them understand their roles in it and ask them to buy into the system, everyone will band together to make it happen.”
“One of the blessings I've had, really, for my entire career, is working with founders of companies, whether it was Bill Ziff at Ziff Davis or with Jerry Yang and David Filo at Yahoo.”
“The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building a company for a hundred years.”
“I like being surrounded by people who have very little fear and very little respect for the past - not in a negative way, but in a positive way. They appreciate everything that's been done, but they constantly look for how to do it better.”
“In Silicon Valley, if you spend a lot of time thinking about the obstacles, you'll talk yourself out of everything, because the more you look at it, the less logical something sounds, since no one has done it yet.”
“I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.”
“Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.”
“When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.”
“Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most successful franchise of its kind.”
“I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.”