The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.

If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity.

I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the latest term for this in the most advanced form is what's called Object Oriented Programming.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best.