Omar Amanat

It basically was the worst thing to be called as a businessman: to be falsely labelled an impostor.

I stopped asking myself questions like what the value of my stock was and started asking more fundamental questions of life and death.

When I got out of school, I lived the myth of Horatio Alger, and my company was on the cover of 'Fortune' magazine because it processed over ten percent of NASDAQ's daily trading volume. I had achieved what I thought was the pinnacle of success in this proud, techno-capitalist country.

The best businesses are the ones that are the most paranoid.

Nutrition is just as important as working out.

There is a big difference between using V.C. money that you blow and spending your own personal money.