And what we did with this new company in 1985 is we did start focusing on PCs instead of video game machines, because we learned the hard lesson about bringing a product to market in a consumer world where it's very expensive to build a brand and get distribution and so forth.

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

It's not about how to get started; it's about how to get noticed.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii

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

I do think that people have an obligation to give back but that doesn't necessarily mean that you give back just the traditional way. Maybe there's new ways to give back and make a contribution. I'm looking forward to some mix of philanthropy - maybe through a somewhat different prism - as well as helping entrepreneurs build some significant new businesses.