I believe that companies that are independent are more competitive, ultimately.
I think Twitter will be a fundamental part of how people interact with their government.
I've always had a tendency to be much more optimistic about people than I should be. I'd like to be a little shrewder.
Unfortunately, 'climate' has become a dirty word - obviously in politics, but even to some degree in my world, in venture capital. People hesitate if they see something that's purported to be green. That's not a reason to invest for many people.
If you look at the Internet, the vast majority of start-ups are not successful. But the ones that are, are very very successful. So you can't point to the unsuccessful ones and say, 'There's no hope for this field.' It's just that they had the wrong idea or they had bad execution.
