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.

Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business.

Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year.

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

I think Fast Company has a tremendously smart focus and execution.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is.