66 Quotes by Mark Pincus

I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humble.

I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer.

I've been good at product entrepreneuring.

We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business.

I think we live in a unique time - the verbs that make up our online and mobile lives haven't been completely invented or imagined for us. That was kind of a life path I was on.

There are people who want the comfort and structure of a job where they're given tasks and told what to do. I think it's actually a minority of people. The majority of people don't want that, but I'd say that the companies I've built are full of people with something to prove.

You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all pointed in the right direction.

You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.

I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you've failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.