A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.

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.

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

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

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

Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump.

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.