Many of humanity's most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation.

We adapt to technological progress by raising our minimum standards of living and working to stay above this rising threshold.

David and Ellen Siminoff are legends in Silicon Valley - they are two of the most influential mentors to top executives and leaders behind the scenes, with long track records of success.

I think that the culture at Stanford really shapes how you view the world, and you get a lot more out of an entrepreneurial mindset.

We created Addepar because we saw a place where a multi-billion dollar global platform clearly should exist - but did not yet - to fix many of the challenges that exist in the finance industry.

If you can make finance more functional, make it a tiny percent better, you create a great deal of resources, which you can use for other things like education and healthcare.

Palantir owes much of its success to the amazing talent of the first 30-40 technologists who joined the company, as well as to the internal leadership that helped motivate this core group to achieve its ambitious goals and to continue to attract extraordinary people.

In my experience, it's common that deep truths exist at both extremes of a dialectic, and the wisest stance on an issue will incorporate 'both of the opposites within itself.'

The human mind and body remains the most complex, powerful machine on the planet, and we will adapt and thrive in a world of accelerating technological change.

Entrepreneurship is, in large part, about building something from nothing, which means creating a cause.

Engineering is the art of managing scarcity - it's easy to design and build a massive bridge that will last forever if cost is not an issue. Similarly, to build a new company, you must manage scarce resources.

Hours wasted in traffic represent not only lost wages but enormous amounts of economic activity that might have happened. Congestion indirectly increases consumer prices, makes travel times unreliable for commuters and truckers, and precludes many people from accessing jobs in urban hubs.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

I don't come from a lot of money. In fact, I don't come from any money.

Why do all our friends and relatives destroy the summer for us? Why can't they get married in February?

'Business Week' is guilty of very shoddy reporting.

With all my outside activities, I have to remind people I am really in advertising.

You can't be impatient about growth, because that's what leads people to make mistakes.

A computer is a wonderful thing, but it's cold, and what comes out of it is sort of cold.

I invented myself.

I want to die at my desk.

My first marriage ended after 24 years.

'Mad Men' is celebrating a time that no longer exists.

There's an eternal war between a creative person and the business person.