Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice.

Overcoming the pain of self-discipline, we achieve our goals and move towards our dreams

Life kisses our faces every morning. Yet, between morning and evening, she laughs at our sorrows.

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?

He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned.

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh.

You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.

Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.