Skillful pitching... is a necessary, but not sufficient, part of raising capital. More important are the realities of your organization: Are you building something meaningful, long lasting, and valuable to society?

Great leaders are paradoxical. They catalyze, rather control, the work of their teams. They have an overarching vision for the team but are not autocratic in the realization of this vision. Their eyes are open to whatever results occur-not just planned goals, because serendipity is a great innovator.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

Take my word for it: More people will like you if you believe that people are good until proven bad.

You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense.

It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment, but this is simplistic. The real question is who will innovate.

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.