We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea."

The goal shouldn't be to be the next Silicon Valley (there'll always only be one of those) - it's to be your own startup community.

No, everyone has great ideas, but what makes a difference, especially online, or just in life, is actually doing it; getting that first version out there.

The problem is these politicians have very, very big interests in being re-elected, and the money that gets them there is provided by people who don't necessarily have the interest of the public in mind.

If you look now, more than ever new entrants, new upstarts, are able to grow so much faster than they could before.

Obviously solving the education problem is big and complex, and there's already so many failings, but coding is the new fluency. This is the most valuable skill of this century. If you want to be a founder of a company, and not even just a tech company, but like a founder of a company, because I'm telling you software is going to play a role.

The great thing about the Internet is, it's the freest marketplace of ideas that there is.