I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.

The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago.

I'm going to be in technology for a long time.

Any business that is looking for new customers needs to understand the Internet and how to market their goods or services through it.

My weeks tend to differ pretty dramatically.

I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of Boston and Seattle and down South.