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

Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for long.

It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great tool to communicate with the various stakeholders in their business and build a reputation for thought leadership.

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

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

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

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.