Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me.

The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did.

You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.

You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock 'n roll stars.

I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist.

You have to remember a lot of business is very cyclical.

I still believe that the mission of Business 2.0 is very strong, very fundamental, and we're really at the beginning of where they're going to take us.