The advent of interactive communications has created an inflection point where it’s economical to provide education differently than in the past.

It’s actually a pretty basic concept: when businesses feel secure and confident, they are more likely to grow, hire, and invest. Conversely, when the economy is unstable, businesses often become much more risk averse, and in many cases, they’re forced to make undesirable cuts that affect their bottom line.

It’s hard to make small investments when you‘re a billion-dollar fund.

I didn’t understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn’t a coffee shop. It was really a way of life… we suffer from thinking that since we have it in New York, or it won‘t work in New York, that it won’t work some other place. That’s a discipline we keep trying to improve.

I love art, I collect mostly modern art.

Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity.

I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available.

We’ve done education nonprofit through our history, and maybe the profit motive will be helpful.

All American consumers have the same needs – to buy great consumer products, with savings and value, and with the convenience of easy delivery.

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

Cloud computing eliminates capital expenditure, so you can go global very quickly – you don’t have to have extensive servers in every country.

Google is addictive.

As someone who understands what’s needed for entrepreneurs and start-up companies to succeed, I can tell you there is nothing more integral to their success than operating in a stable financial system.

I love art; I collect mostly modern art.

I was very early on in taking venture capital abroad: to Europe first, then Asia.

The Enterprise Value Tax is unprecedented, punitive, and has no justification in the tax code.

It’s tough, no matter how good your technology is, to police every single comment coming up.

The only thing… in-store retailing has that online doesn’t have is it has the ability to touch, smell, feel, and experience.

As a venture capitalist, I invest in people and ideas that are fresh, vibrant, and willing to disrupt the market. As a political donor, I like to see the same energy in the people I support.

Our national debt poses a threat to all Americans and is particularly troublesome both for well-established businesses and for those seeking to enter into the marketplace.

I got my first job at a firm called Naess & Thomas.

The secret now is to be disciplined. It’s so easy to get carried away with things valued on the hereafter.

My philosophy, in a nutshell, is to wipe out the greatest amount of risk with the least amount of money.

In times of huge fiscal deficits, no new revenues can be ignored, and renouncing any becomes well nigh politically impossible.

Every venture capitalist says at some point, ‘I wish I could run this company myself‘ — to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.