I believe the mobile OS market will play out very similarly to Windows and Macintosh, with Android in the role of Windows. And so if you want to be in front of the largest number of users, you need to be on Android.

It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up.

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.

We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approaches to generating, storing, and being more efficient with energy. Maybe we need more space exploration. Maybe we need more undersea exploration.

The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world.