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" I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world. "

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" I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen. "

" Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links. "

" The Web is going to capture an increasing share of people's attention, and billions of dollars are going to flow in. What Web 2.0 is about is harnessing those dollars in highly leverageable ways. "

" I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me. "

" All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles. "

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" Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice. "

" It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up. "

" We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approaches to generating, storing, and being more efficient with energy. Maybe we need more space exploration. Maybe we need more undersea exploration. "

" When people laugh at a company or say, 'This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard,' you are listening. "

" It takes great salesmanship to convince a customer to buy something from you that isn't built or isn't finished. "

" People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it becomes way more exciting. "

" I'm not saying M.B.A.s can't be great entrepreneurs. They can. But you don't need a degree to figure out it's costing you $5,000 per month to run your business, so you need $30,000 to keep it going for six more months. "

" There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making. "

" One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off. "

" Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it. "

" Marketing is for companies who have sucky products. "

" The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in. "

" Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook. "

" Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook or MySpace. "

" New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable. "

" My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new. "

" I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge. "

" Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too. "

" I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy. "

" So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster. "

" If you are successful, you will be cloned. That's life. In fact, it's a sign that you've made it when clones of your website, mobile app, and business start cropping up. "

" It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great tool to communicate with the various stakeholders in their business and build a reputation for thought leadership. "

" The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services. "

" The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful. "