Today, National Geographic has a membership side with a magazine and some television side, and they generate about a billion dollars in revenue, and they're profitable. And so at the end of the year they have some bottom line profit which they can then reinvest, because they're running it as a not-for-profit in charitable endeavors.

Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important.

The real magic in National Geographic isn't how much money they have left at the end of the year. It's the fact that through their overall focus they are reaching hundreds of millions of people and educating people about the world. It just happens to be done in a business-oriented kind of way that is more sustainable.

One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible

I like ... what I characterize as more built-to-last ideas rather than built-to-flip ideas.

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have

The idea that maybe you don't have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate