Having A Great Idea Is

When I First Got Started In The Late '70s, Early '80s, And First Was Thinking About The Interactive World, I Believed So Fervently That It Was The Next Big Thing, I Thought It Would Happen Quickly.

You're Not Just Trying To Do Something Marginally, Incrementally Better. You're Doing Something That Is A Fundamental Paradigm Shift, That Will Have Exponential Impact. That Means It's Harder To Do, But Ultimately, If It's Successful, The Impact It Has Is Far Greater.

There Are Lots Of Cycles To Markets - Boom And Bust - And Also In Perceptions Of People. The Conventional Wisdom Of Steve Case As Genius Or Fool Was Highly Cyclical. The Truth Was Always In The Middle.

For Better Or Worse, That Is True With Any New Innovation, Certainly Any New Technological Innovation. There's Many Good Things That Come Out Of It, But Also Some Bad Things. All You Can Do Is Try To Maximize The Good Stuff And Minimize The Bad Stuff.

I Do Think That People Have An Obligation To Give Back But That Doesn't Necessarily Mean That You Give Back Just The Traditional Way. Maybe There's New Ways To Give Back And Make A Contribution. I'm Looking Forward To Some Mix Of Philanthropy - Maybe Through A Somewhat Different Prism - As Well As Helping Entrepreneurs Build Some Significant New Businesses.