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

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

I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.

Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest.

There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur.

The main thing to know about me is that I'm a champion of entrepreneurs and the startups they build. They are my rock stars. If in doubt, I side with them, and that's clear from my writing.

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.