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.

I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.

Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.

I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.

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.

The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in.

Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.