Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

The amounts of money in Silicon Valley are staggering.

South Florida's international connections mean there's a different kind of innovation here. We're able to intersect with a lot of brilliant people who are not associated with Silicon Valley.

I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.