You know the way I got Dave McClure's attention?...I sent him a text message with this [raised middle finger]. He says that if you're not upsetting someone in business, you're doing something wrong.
Can I order some breakfast for my dog, Juniper?
Lifecasting is sharing your everyday moments through video online.
Because of my large following, the running value of one of my tweets runs at $10,000.
You are a blogger, a tweeter, you're out there on Facebook, you're making content....
When I joined Ampush, they didn't know that I was an NBA dancer for the Milwaukee Bucks. I did it for a year and a half. We went to the Eastern Conference Finals that year, and it was just an incredible thing to be a part of. People in America, broadly, would find that to be something that's really cool. People here would take me slightly less seriously. I mean, we're in, like, the land of nerds.
To me: smart, hungry, and fresh eyes.
I think sometimes people can be really taken aback by how opinionated I am, but I really don't give a shit.
Silicon Valley is the place where nerds make fucking dreams come true.
Silicon Valley is the only place you can show up without a dollar in your pocket, and you can build your dream.
I actually know a lot of people that dream in code, and I think it's not that uncommon.
Chris is my co-founder. He's my apartment-mate. We live together, we work together. The Star Trek reference would be Kirk and Spock.
I walked away from at least half a million to start Carsabi.
On a typical day, it takes me about two hours to get ready for work.
There's probably going to be a lot of geeks wearing togas.
People used to call me the guy who won graduation 'cause I got all these awards.
Are you saying I'm too gay to be a programmer?
I haven't launched anything yet, but....
How is it every time I see you, we're spray tanning?
I lost forty pounds, I had a full hair transplant, I've had my eyes done twice....I've had my nose done, I've had the fat removed from under my chin, I've had my acne scars chemical-peeled, dermabrasion...I've had the laser on my back to remove my back hair....I want other people to have that same satisfaction that I've had in changing my life.
Do you think anyone's going to, like, look at you and be all, like, jealous, like, 'That bitch is so hot! I hate her!'" "Oh, I'm used to that." "Really?" "Yeah, I've got so many haters!
It's all about costume parties at people's houses, at the start-up mansions.
Silicon Valley is a unique ecosystem. There's the hackers, the bloggers, investors, developers. The ideas people are the most important part. You can't do anything without an idea.
A few months ago at South By Southwest, that all changed.
What's the derivative of e to the x?
How do you solve negative cycles? Are we talking Bellman's algorithm or Dijkstra's algorithm?
Bellman's is right. YEAAAAAAAAH! MOTHERFUCKER!
At South By, you did something that was very unprofessional.
Are you mad 'cause I made out with your brother?
This is the problem we're trying to solve, internets.
This is one of the only places in the world where kids are doing billion-dollar business deals in flip-flops and a hoodie.
I may not have as much business experience as Ben, but I've been in Silicon Valley a lot longer, and if there's one thing I do know, it's how to do business in Silicon Valley.
Dave McClure literally wants to get to five hundred start-ups.
Maybe you should go sleep on the table.
The thing about my sister is, her ways are unconventional, but so's Silicon Valley, and that's probably why she does very well.
Sorry, I was just having a little nap!
Asking him for five hundred thousand, it's a little bit high, but I'm sure as soon as he sees our product, he's going to throw down the cash.
As you change your behaviour, you earn what we call time credits, and then you use those time credits to effectively purchase perks.
I found it slightly disrespectful, him [the person we're asking for half a million dollars] just going through the whole [deck] and making his own judgments.
