The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.

There's no doubt in my mind over the next 25 years how we drive, how we build our houses, how we fly, how we build our buildings, will all change.

Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.

The state of healthcare today is that we are busy in the practice of medicine vs. being in the science of medicine.

Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land.

In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together.

The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies.