My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.

More than ever before in history, individuals can now band together to solve grand challenges. We face enormous problems, but we 'as individuals' have enormous power to solve them.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.

Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.