In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key..

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity..

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out..

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job..

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking..

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets..

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive..

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen..