Glenn Kelman

I think the company that has the clearest set of values is Amazon. That company knows what it is. It may be that it's not your cup of tea, but every single person at that company knows what the Amazon values are. ”

We need to create technologies - and a culture of respect, and an updated legal doctrine, too - that allow creative folks to make money from their own efforts. ”

When you start a company, you become really emotionally involved in it. ”

The most important question venture capitalists ask is what prevents your company from growing faster. ”

Almost nothing can make you more miserable than when your company is struggling, and only then do you realize that this is exactly when it's almost impossible for a CEO to quit. ”

With Facebook's IPO, the world learned a new way of organizing businesses around one overriding imperative: to ship new products quickly. ”

When I was 28, running products for a company I'd co-founded, the CEO called to say that I had a problem with the board, that I probably couldn't overcome it, that I'd have to leave the company. ”

Startups alternate between nostalgia for the garage and millennial longing for a lucrative exit. But what I always keep in mind is how disconnected and purposeless I felt before Redfin or my earlier startup, Plumtree. All I ever wanted was to get into a situation where I could win. Everybody has that dream. ”

If your values don't alienate anyone, it is just platitude. ”

I learned to value speed in everything I do. ”