I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.

Your writers write these pieces about meaningless startups, meaningless apps and meaningless companies.

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?

Forget about someone's resume or how they present themselves at a party. Can they blog or not? The blog doesn't lie.

It's harder now for journalists to do stories about billionaires, like Peter Thiel, without having at the back of their minds the fear that maybe somebody deep-pocketed, you know, with limited resources is going to come after us and can my organization afford to defend me?

I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.

I want to institutionalise and automate chequebook journalism.