Those words are from Lynda Barry's novel 'Cruddy.' I've carried them with me for some time. There's a lot in my life I wasn't expecting. One is the realization that I stood at this pulpit and delivered a reading for my own graduation...15 years ago. Unexpectedly, I'm old.

The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring.

Constraints inspire us in how we approach the press, how we approach business relationships, how we do everything.

Twitter is the world.

The greatest lesson that I learned in all of this is that you have to start. Start now, start here, and start small. Keep it Simple.

I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test.

Everyone has an idea, but it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.