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.

People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it becomes way more exciting.

Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice.

My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new.

When my dad was in Vietnam, we lost a parent for a year. Thank God we didn't lose a parent for good.

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.