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.

And I love writing. I've always loved writing.

You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out.

It's very rare that publications double their frequency.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

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.