I like to make things. It's been part of my identity since I was a kid.

My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers to program the software, and these guys were true hackers, trying to get more colors and sound and animation out of those computers.

Learn how a 3D printer works. Get inspired. Make your own stuff. It is a wonderful time to be innovative. Connect things together. If you're into electronics, get an Arduino.

A lot of it is “how do you work with people”. How do you get people to work with you and do wonderful things.

We already live in the futureit’s not like we’re waiting for something to happenit’s just a matter of doing it.

It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren’t passing the technology forward.

Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.

We raised $10 million in 2011. Our rule was, we wouldn't accept money from anybody we didn't want to have dinner with.

You can get really far by putting your ideas out there and letting other people build on them.

Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you're doing even if you don't and do it.