Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as ….

Marketing is for companies who have sucky products..

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success.

It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up..

I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one'….

Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing..

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy..

Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong ret….

I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world..

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup..

Markets come and go. Good business don't..

Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it..

The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in..

I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge..

I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morni….

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to g….

Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people..

Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world..

Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and cha….

The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services..

If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the p….