Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big.

Times of economic crises can change what the competitive landscape looks like, because when, for example, you have boom times, capital is easy to come by, growth is easy, sometimes what you focus on is, you know, how to accelerate in the boom. During economic crises, the question is, the companies that come out of, you know, that are sailing through that with the best liquidity, both assets on the balance sheet, making money, ability to grow their businesses, get a disproportionate competitive advantage.

I think Hillary [Clinton] has [woken up to the plight of the middle class] and is working toward it in a democratic process.

The key thing is to invest in the future and what that means is when you're deploying technology or you're a technology business, is to make sure that you're keeping on the innovation cycle, where you're both creating and adopting the new business practices, and the new techniques in order to drive your business the right way.

It is impossible to dissociate an individual from the environment of which he is a part. No story of achievement should ever be removed from its broader social context.

You should have an investment thesis that essentially says why you think this is potentially a good idea.

I actually think every individual is now an entrepreneur, whether they recognize it or not.