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

I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

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

That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists - nearly $30 million - but next to nothing for the founders. The companies I started after that varied between failures and mediocre successes. But at no point did I ever consider getting a 'real job.' That felt like a black and white world, and I wanted Technicolor.

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

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.