None of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple; it was a painful experience, but it was necessary for my growth.

I realized that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me, as it allowed me to start over and pursue what I loved. Being a beginner again can free you to enter a highly creative period in your life.

We scaled our company from zero to seventy million in revenue with just six people at the start, which was a challenging situation.

I was lucky to find what I loved to do early in life when Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage at the age of 20.

I was out of Apple, the focus of my entire adult life, and it was devastating; I felt I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down.

Steve matured significantly after leaving Apple, transforming it into the world's most valuable company, and I admired his design intuition and leadership skills.

I went from having $600 million in the bank and 1,500 employees to starting over from zero, but I was determined to rebuild what we had started at Zenefits.

Leaving Apple to join Oculus was a significant leap, as Apple was rapidly growing while Oculus was a scrappy startup focused on building virtual reality technology.

Ten years ago, we faced significant challenges, but last year we sold our company for over a billion dollars.