Statistical physics or Newtonian physics gives way to quantum physics. Very unusual properties of matter emerge at that scale, and you can think about building products in a very different way. You can think about interfacing to biology in a very different way.
My DNA is building a product and a service.
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral.
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.
CEOs shouldn't worry about their budget all the time - on a day-to-day basis, they should work on managing their company, building an awesome product, developing key relationships, identifying distribution channels, etc.
People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.
I like writing code. I like building product. I like making things that people like.
Going public is 18-month process, while an acquisition is a 6-month process. Going public means going under so much scrutiny, regulatory approval, auditing, magnified 10 times. Having the stomach to do that isn't necessarily in my DNA. My DNA is building a product and a service.
I've always had a passion for the tech industry, and I like to help build interesting products.
Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.
It's the scale that Yahoo brings - and that user base - that I really want to build products for.
It turns out it's important to build a product and not just a bunch of data models.
Fundraising is a long and distracting process, and by the end of it, all you want to do is go back to building the product that you're working on.
When you build a product, you make a lot of assumptions about the state of the art of technology, the best business practices, and potential customer usage/behavior.
