Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cases. There are a lot of things about our criminal legal system that need to be changed, and this is just one of them. Prosecutors know how to play the press. Most defendants don't.

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.

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.

Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit-driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn't matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If your idea rocks and you can execute, you can change the world and/or get really, stinking rich.

Women in my world are respected as much as men.