I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skeptic. I think you can accomplish a lot more locally. I don't want to spin the wheels and not get anything done.

I invest because I love helping entrepreneurs and watching them learn and succeed. In my opinion your motives are driven by self serving factors around ego satisfaction and "making a buck". My motives and values are very different.

I think for technology and innovation we have to ignore politics.

As an investor I cannot tell that. We cannot predict the success or failure.

You don't need a business plan. You don't need to have an MBA. All you need is a great idea. Anything is possible and you can accomplish it.

The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.