There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.
Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.
Any time is a good time to start a company.
Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an agent for social good. That is why it's important for tech startups to stay informed about, and make a mark on, policies that impact them.
As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?
I think for technology and innovation we have to ignore politics.
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 put my talent in my work, I save my Genius for my life.
I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.
In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself. Good is good because it's better than bad, though why it's better to be good than bad depends on how you define good, and on and on.
Strategy is all very well, but it pays to give thought from time to time to the results.