“I sent a text to Ev the day that we closed the [Google] deal, and I said, ‘I’m going to throw up. He texted back, ‘I know.'”
Charmingly indiscreet Twitter cofounder Biz Stone, on the indigestibly obscene amounts of money his company has been taking in, Technology Review, March/April 2010
“The difference is this is a well-known company with previously published material available broadly in a well-accepted format.”
Apple sidekick-in-chief Phil Schiller, explaining why the company has banned little-known sexy apps from its App Store, while keeping ones by Sports Illustrated and Playboy, New York Times, 23 February 2010
“Everybody who works at a startup company is a samurai and a jedi by default.”
Funtrepreneur Jason Calacanis, playing to the crowd’s D&D and sci-fi fetishes in explaining how to start a company, This Week in Startups, 11 February 2010
“I like to say that the new energy technologies could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.”
Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr, recycling his ’90s-era dotcom maxims for his latest startup scheme, Bloom Energy, 60 Minutes, 18 February 2010
“You could raise a tiny amount of money and be hatched by atomic eggs. In fact, I would argue that the vast majority of truly great companies have done it that way.”
Venture capitalist Mike Maples, Jr., on why he invests in so-called “thunder lizards,” VentureBeat, 18 February 2010
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