I was always inquisitive as a child, ... I always knocked on doors to find out what could be possible.

[DFJ was reluctant to endorse Four11's move into Hotmail's territory, but Four11's evolution was inevitable.] Four11 was our directory when we launched our first product, ... but it became apparent to them that we would be very successful. We were sending more subscribers to Four11's directory in three or four months than they had amassed in two years. Even though I was told that DFJ had discouraged them from getting into the e-mail business because we were there already, they started developing it internally when they saw how successful it was for us.

A goal of ours was to find out who lived in these apartments, so we knocked on the doors to find out.

I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.

There was a time when I was enamored of the Clintons. I knocked on doors, phone-banked and rallied during his campaign.

She knocked on doors, helped raise funds and did whatever needed to be done to make sure the center was built.