University of California, Berkeley

"Since their work was classified they couldn’t tell me what they were doing, so I had no idea what I would be doing. When finally clearance came, I was shown the ENIAC and I’ve worked in computers ever since."

"venture hacker @angellist; co-founder & former cto @octopart; husband, father, loafer"

"It started with looking at what customers wanted, going with it, trying it out without just dismissing it"

'Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.'

"Never Settle! Go Where the Quality Is"

"I joined Forethought when it was a year-old startup that had stalled out and was looking to do a re-start around some new business plan, the focus of which soon turned out to be my PowerPoint idea."

"Founder @MaderightHQ. @Forbes 30 Under 30. Adrenaline junkie. Wanderlust. Yogi. Junk foodie. Green smoothier."

"We just hated our corporate lives. Every night we talked about wanting to do something for ourselves, wanting to just build a business."

"Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path."

"I had wanted for years to build a super personal computer based around the Motorola 68000. Atari had turned me down and here was my big chance"

One of the most popular text editors for Unix based operating systems

"quick editor"