ANDY DUNN

Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.

A great merchant delivers both joy and profit. Then profit gets reinvested in more joy.

You don't think, when you start a company as the founding CEO, that if your venture actually works, you end up with three jobs: founder, CEO, and chair of the board. The first eight years at Bonobos, I have learned a lot about the tension between the first two. It didn't even occur to me that I had the third job until much later.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

Business books are generally read and written by people who aren't good at business.

The people that elected Donald Trump are Americans. They are every bit as entitled to weigh in on who should lead as any of us. The fact that they disagree with the values some of us hold dear is the point - America has always been about a battle of ideas that plays out over time.

There are five kinds of great apes: bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and the one which people always think of last: Humans!

Oddly, I believe that emotional proximity we feel to close loved ones makes it hard to be honest with them about feelings of depression.

I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book.

Lincoln was an American messiah, seemingly sent by God to save our country, our union, and our soul. He prioritized unity above all. Perhaps we should do the same.

I don't feel I'm better than any man out there or that I have anything to teach, and the more I learn about myself, the less comfortable I feel saying anything at all.

The rise of women and feminism is well documented. What is equally fascinating - and less talked about - is the impact this has had on men.

When the forces of liberalism and capitalism converge, change happens.

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

Most of the time, when you need something at a company, you make it. If you want to sell a product, you create it. If you need a head of marketing, you hire one. If you want to create a great company culture, what do you do? The lack of a clear answer on this is why I believe most companies don't have a great culture.

Everyone is entitled to their own political opinions. It is what makes our country great.

Marc Lore has been a mentor of mine for a long time. He taught me how to hire people and how to do the hardest thing in business, which is to make a great culture. I believe Marc is the most innovative and ambitious e-commerce entrepreneur on the planet.

Growing up, my religious identity was primarily one of confusion. Nothing was pushed on me; nothing was overtly offered.

My own belief is all men should be feminists, and with enthusiasm.

I've been in thousands of conversations dripping with misogyny. I've initiated many of those conversations myself. From my fraternity roots to my bachelor days in New York, I know I have not always shown up in ways that I am proud of.

Good parents are always on time. So are good CEOs.

Maybe everyone lives forever. Or maybe, like in the animated movie 'Coco,' only those whose stories get told by the living definitely do. It takes a story worth telling.

Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.

The more defensive and angry I get, the more I later discover those feelings are usually just projections of feelings I am having towards myself.

Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America.