Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.

Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.

Sustainable growth is characterized by one simple rule: New customers come from the actions of past customers.

At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the whole company.

Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often, innovators with good, safe, jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance.

The big question of our time is not Can it be built? but Should it be built? This places us in an unusual historical moment: our future prosperity depends on the quality of our collective imaginations.

There is much that public policy can do to support American entrepreneurs. Health insurance reform will make it easier for entrepreneurs to take a chance on a new business without putting their family's health at risk. Tort reform will make it easier to take prudent risks on new products in a number of sectors.