In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger's where it's like you're missing the imitation, socialization gene.
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Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.
All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity.
Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.
The most successful entrepreneurs in the world have a combination of the right type of personality and fortunate life circumstance. A lot of them have been doing it most of their life.
Introverts listen better, they assess risks more carefully, they can be wiser managers. It's not for nothing that the Silicon Valley billionaires are so often the retiring types.
For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.
Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.
In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
I've felt a little culpable that we entrepreneurs often invent businesses just to drive people to buy more things.
An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.