It was really phenomenal [Warren Buffett donation]. It grew out of the friendship that we had and the fact that his plan to have his wife run the foundation and give things away changed when she tragically died.

Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.

There will be two types of businesses in the next 5 years, those that are on the Internet, and those that are out of business

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

I did not even finish my studies

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product, and distributing it for free?

The information highway will transform our culture as dramatically as Gutenberg's press did the Middle Ages.