Quotes

"Levchin added an unexpected qualification for PayPal employees that he felt contributed to the company's success and the later achievements of its alumni: many of its earliest employees simply hated being employees. "The very best employee at any job at any level of responsibility is the person who generally believes that this is their last job working for someone. The next thing they'll start will be their own."

"if you don’t have what you want, it’s because you don’t have what you need."

"People tend to know when they’re good at something, not when they’re bad at something."

"The end of an era is not the end of all things."

"Sometimes a journey must end for a new one to begin."

"like always: the second-best time is Today."

"Behind every great product there’s at least one engineer who knows the entire stack, takes problems personally, and jumps in and solves them. Without regard to ownership, credit, or chain of command. If you don’t know who this is in your company, I have bad news for you…"