The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.

If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the pearl.

I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world.

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.

The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.