Make sure the thing you are working on is something you love.

You can’t motivate people, you can only create a context in which people are motivated.

Startups are transforming our society. Over the past 100 years, we've gone from an industrial era, where a hierarchical structure dominated business and society, to a post information era where the network is rapidly disrupting the hierarchy and transforming the way we work and live.

Once a quarter, Amy and I go off the grid and totally disconnect. It's totally doable and it will change your life.

Failure is sometimes the best option if you view the process of entrepreneurship as a lifelong journey.

While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do.

When everyone starts sounding the same, that's when you know the words and phrases have become clichés. Instead of speaking in clichés, I encourage people just to be themselves, let their passion burn brightly, and go work on things they love spending their time on.