The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk. A tiny minority of entrepreneurs ever get rich. And the majority of entrepreneurs would probably make far more money, and have more stable personal relationships, if they just worked for someone else.

Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.

I live a fairly simple life, and that didnt change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didnt buy a new house or even a new car. The one thing I did splurge on was a boat. Nothing too fancy or large.

America is an unsolvable problem: a nation divided and deeply in hate with itself. If it was a startup, wed understand how unfixable the situation is; most of us would leave for a fresh start, and the company would fall apart. America is MySpace.

Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

We live in a world where you're not being eaten by a lion when you fail, you just have to get another job.

Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art.