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" There's going to be a Google or a Facebook or a Zynga every three to five years. Those are really big ideas that do return substantial amounts of money. "

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" I don't think there's nearly enough interesting ways to do education online, particularly for younger children. "

" Everyone has a different definition of risk. Sometimes that creates opportunities as well. "

" I'm ashamed I didn't change my behavior until I was forced to do so by circumstance and by others. The reality is, I was stopped from further bad actions by those who spoke up about my offenses, at substantial risk to their personal and professional reputations... and subsequently, by Christine and others on the 500 team. "

" I don't know if we're doing the optimal things that we can to try and connect different people on the planet with different points of view and not be so angry at each other. "

" I think you'll see a lot more people in the Valley get more involved in politics. "

" I don't expect anyone to believe I will change, but I'm working on it. "

" If you already have some amount of significant traction with customers, either in usage or in revenue, you should very quickly try and get that clearly out. "

" I bet on a lot of stuff that's low-priced, and most of it's going to go back down to zero. But some of it's going to go up. "

" Offline, anything is expensive. Online is much cheaper, usually, to do almost anything. "

" My role has been limited to focus on fiduciary obligations to our investors as a general partner of our funds. "

" Food tech has been kind of an area that we have been making a number of investments in. Kind of a big boring industry, but a lot of people eat. "

" Most firms do two investments a year. They may talk to between 50 and 100 and do a couple, whereas we're talking to thousands and doing several hundred. "

" There's a mathematical way to get success. "

" Europe is kind of fragmented. Africa is nascent; we've made a few investments, including four in Egypt. I visit 50-60 cities and 20-25 countries a year. The intent is to be a global fund, which takes time and prioritization. "

" Everybody in the industry thinks I'm the crazy person. "

" We often say if you have traction, lead with traction. Talk about specific customers, usage numbers, revenue metrics - anything like that that really is clearly explicit and factual. Get that out in front early. "

" Not everybody wants to be Mark Zuckerberg, but everybody wants to create a little piece of the American dream, the Silicon Valley version. I don't think that's a bad thing. "

" The earlier you invest, the higher that attrition rate is because it's compounded. We have a more scientific method of investment. "

" A bubble in early-stage funding means maybe there's $300 million at work when maybe there should be $150, as opposed to a bubble in late-stage funding which means there's $20 billion at work when there should be $3. "

" Entrepreneurship is usually about people executing in the face of other folks telling them that it's not going to work. "

" With great power comes great responsibility. These are platforms with hundreds of millions of people. "

" I aim to combine all the things I do in a comprehensive and holistic fashion that benefits startups and the people who make them grow. "

" We have to support the well-being of society. "

" I actually find it's more interesting to play in the niches and find ways to apply technology to relatively straightforward problems. "

" I did pick Lyft, but Lyft didn't seem amazing. "

" Companies that tend to survive are the rebels. "

" I want to invest in a functional product that people are using. "

" I made advances towards multiple women in work-related situations, where it was clearly inappropriate. I put people in compromising and inappropriate situations, and I selfishly took advantage of those situations where I should have known better. My behavior was inexcusable and wrong. "

" Hottest space that I think is interesting would be education, particularly, like, ages 3-10. "

" We think that there's a lot of opportunities in helping improve finding food, delivering food, ordering systems, notifications system, and its a very frequent purchase item for a lot of people. "