Fire people who are not workaholics.
Today you can start a blog, build an audience, and give the advertising slots to AdBrite or Google AdSense.
The idea is that angel investors are supposed to be wealthy people supporting people who need funds, typically who are not wealthy, and don't have the ability to do it themselves.
Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes.
I think you need to have a very strong angel community that is committed to mentoring up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.
My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.
Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
As the founder of your company, you must be in love with your brand and inspired by your brand's mission if you have any hope of getting press for your product.
I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.
If you are delusional, sometimes the reality catches up with your delusion, and then all of a sudden you are a genius.
You can't be ever embarrassed about hustling.
I really think the Uberfication of everything is a trend that I didn't expect to be coming this fast. I mean, every single thing you want to do in your life, people are building services to take all the pain out.
Just start thinking about all the different services in your life. Like getting your dry cleaning picked up and dropped off. Nobody has done the Uber of that yet. But that will be Uberfied. You will arrange your dry cleaning via your phone.
In my next life, I would like to be Charlie Rose or Howard Stern or maybe something in between.
Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.
Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'
I learned from my past.
CNN was crazy to think they could fill 24 hours with news - let alone around the world in 10 to 20 languages. Reuters or AP with a thousand people around the world covering news? Crazy.
Search folks don't understand editorial. I'm not afraid of editorial costs, just like machine-search folks are not afraid of computer servers.
