I'm proud to call myself a Mashable alumnus.

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things.

There was more data transmitted over the Internet in 2010 than the entire history of the Internet through 2009.

Trending topics helped make Twitter a more relevant metric of what the world was talking about at any given moment. Google has worked for years in the space, most notably with Google Trends and Hot Searches, but Google+ offers the search giant the ability to see what is truly trending in real time.

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.