I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to a newer model where people give money but also their time and their skills, whatever they have, to the causes that are personally meaningful to them well before the crisis moment presents itself.

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.

I believe that the demand for long-form quality journalism is strong and I think that despite all of the changes in technology over the past few years, people still want in-depth, rigorous reporting.

I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know.

My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone.

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.