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.

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

Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook or MySpace.

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

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.

Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.

Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product.