I'm very comfortable in the U.S. and Europe, but I feel completely out of place in the rest of the world, mostly because I never spent time outside t….

Startups are transforming our society. Over the past 100 years, we've gone from an industrial era, where a hierarchical structure dominated business ….

Building a startup community is not a zero-sum game in which there are winners and losers: if everyone engages, they and the entire community can all….

While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try t….

Computer science needs to be part of the core curriculum - like algebra, biology, physics, or chemistry. We need all schools to teach it, not just 10….

The only thing that we know about financial predictions of start-ups is that 100 percent of them are wrong.

You can’t motivate people, you can only create a context in which people are motivated..

Once a quarter, Amy and I go off the grid and totally disconnect. It's totally doable and it will change your life..

From pitch perspective, the more you wear your idea, the more it fits you and your comfortable with it, the easier it is for somebody like me to say ….

The quest for stability or homeostasis is silly. We should accept that we live on an incredibly dynamic planet in a rapidly changing environment, and….

I don't think enough people have accepted that the machines have already taken over. They are patiently waiting for us to catch up with them. Our wor….

Failure is sometimes the best option if you view the process of entrepreneurship as a lifelong journey..

It’s not about having a Silicon Valley attitude—it’s about having an entrepreneurial attitude. It’s about partnering with other organizations in and….

Make sure the thing you are working on is something you love..

I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them..

The most challenging thing for a young entrepreneur is to think long-term. When you are 22 years old, it’s hard to think in 22-year increments since ….

I no longer really ever like to be pitched. Instead, I prefer to engage in a relationship as part of learning the other person..

When everyone starts sounding the same, that's when you know the words and phrases have become clichés. Instead of speaking in clichés, I encourage p….