Andrew Mason

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper.

I think I was probably that kid in the neighborhood who you could expect once or twice a year to be knocking on your door trying to sell you something stupid.

The list of companies that have added their own financial metrics is not a savory group.

A lot of people can raise money.

In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger.

I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.

Am I as experienced, or mature, or smart as others CEOs? No probably not, but there's something, I think, very useful about having a founder as the CEO.

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?

I look at being a capitalist businessperson like riding a bike - if I go too slowly, I'll fall over. Or it's kind of like a shark: if I stop swimming, I'll just die.

I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange.

Everybody loves a deal on a restaurant or skydiving or laser-hair removal.