When you build relationships with entrepreneurs, they're not trying to optimize on price.

We have this powerful lever at Google Ventures, which is to invest $200 million a year. This is a huge lever. It's not all going into one place; it's going into lots of start ups and founders and entrepreneurs, all of which are levers to try and change the world in one way or another.

What we're trying to do is not only create farmers, but entrepreneurs.

I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.

In genomics, there's a massive amount of information in which you can look for patterns and develop insights.

You want to work with people you are excited about and they are excited about you. It's a two-way street.