Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.

Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences.

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

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

I dont claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

Leaving America means renouncing your citizenship, moving out of the country and leaving family and friends behind. You can retain your citizenship if you like, but you'll still be away from loved ones and still be paying taxes. You lose all the good stuff about America and have to keep all the bad stuff.

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.