Future is about creating value. If we have tools to empower each other, more possibility is reality.

It's a powerful thing to know that you are empowering someone to lift themselves out of poverty.

Invest your life in what you love.

The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.

From the start, ProFounder was created to make sure anyone could be empowered to pursue their dreams through entrepreneurship.

The ventures that keep things light and fun, easy to understand, that have a compelling story, a sexy retail product, will have an easier time getting people to rally around them and contribute. A start-up doing something that's difficult to communicate or doesn't offer any kind of retail product will have a tougher go at it.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.