I’m a fuckin’ genius, Jimmy Neutron Soulja Boy, The Best Back in 2007 when Marc and I were angel investors, we read everything we could on the emerging techniques for building products and companies. We were hungry for any information that would help us understand the state-of-the-art. Among all the…

“Dinner with Anna Wintour, racing with Anja Rubik I told you muthaf*ckers it was more than the music” — Kanye West, “Cold” Nearly 30 years ago Steve Stoute saw something that changed his life: He went to see RunDMC perform at Madison Square Garden. During the show, as they began…

“Follow the leader is the title, theme, task Now you know, you don’t have to ask” -Rakim Nationbuilder makes software for leaders. The company was founded on a belief in the profound good that great leadership brings to the world. …

“Pardon but I gotta question of life now Look at the n!*g& next to you right now Is he real, fake or scared?” -Nas When I first met Todd and Freddy, they were two guys with an idea. When Todd and Freddy first met Marc and me, we were two…

“Winter, spring, summer or fall All you’ve got to do is call And I’ll be there, ye, ye, ye You’ve got a friend” -James Taylor Last night my friend Bill Campbell passed away. He meant everything to me and I am having trouble even beginning to say something. Today people…

“Yeah, I’m the best to ever do it bitch and you’re the best at never doing shit” -Lil’ Wayne, We Be Steady Mobbin’ Back in the days when I was CEO, I noticed something interesting in my organization. Within any function, be it Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, etc., everything worked…

“Real quick, whole squad on that real sh*t 0 to 100, n***a, real quick” — Drake, “0 to 100/The Catch Up” I am a giant advocate for technical founders running their own companies, but one consistent way that technical founders deeply harm their businesses is by screwing up the budgeting…

Introduction to High Output Management “At sixteen, son was watching him, mesmerized Respect, not jocking him, was so amazing, besides He came on the stage with lasers in his eyes Walk with me now” — Nas, U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography of Rakim) I first read High Output Management in 1995. In…

And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin’ wrong You been puttin’ up with my sh#t just way too long I’m so gifted at findin’ what I don’t like the most So I think it’s time for us to have a toast Let’s have a toast for the douchebags, Let’s have a toast for…