The Internet has brought democracy to so many other things. It's about time the Internet brought democracy to democracy.

If you had told me when I was at high school that one day I would be working for a for-profit company, let alone running one, I would have said you were crazy. But I am interested in how you can empower individuals to make change, and Causes is doing just that.

I believe in being positive.

Donald Evans is a favorite person of mine. His worth ethic, his attitude and his dedication really set him apart.

When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line.

Remember all of the 'me too' social networks built just to have a social feature Facebook and MySpace didn't have? I built one for political discussion called Essembly. It enabled unique and potentially transformative social interactions, but only 20,000 people ever used it.

The zone is a place that you rarely visit. It's not some place you go every week. The zone is sacred ground.