Money is information, like bits.

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

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.

Profiles aren't journalism.

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.

I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one's own perceptual shift-which is the real thrill.

Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing.