In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.

I've been doing a hybrid of investing and entrepreneurship, which I think initially I wasn't set out to do. But I realized it fit my personality.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasnt a puppet.

It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.

Solving specific problems is what drives me. I am not interested in having a career. I never have been.

Little startups are ridiculously overfunded.

You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.