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.

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.

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.

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

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.

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

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