Pinterest is one of my favorite companies for obvious and not so obvious reasons. The least obvious is that contrary to popular opinion, Pinterest is not an overnight success and I was one of the first people to voice this publically on Twitter nearly a year ago. It...

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." -- Christopher Robin to Pooh

November 30 is always a bad day for me because on November 30, 2006 I learned the meaning of loss and love. I was gearing...

In the early '90s when Russia pulled its aid from Cuba, the Cuban economy collapsed. This is what is called in Cuba as the "Special Period." Times were extremely tough during this time for the Cuban people. Today, Cuba is vulnerable to the volatility of the Venezuelan government and if...

Shares of Facebook rose a little more than 6 percent on Friday after the social network launched a new service that will let users send gifts to their friends. The process of sending a gift is quite simple. As easily as you can post a link, text message...

When I was 11 years old I was at a crossroad in my life: to continue training for U.S. Junior Nationals in figure skating or train to become a professional ballet dancer. Ideally I would have done both and followed in the footsteps of my idol, Katherine Healy, a former...

"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am."

The quote above is from one of my favorite movies, Alice in Wonderland. If...

Last week investors were clamoring to get a piece of the Facebook action as the company had the third largest IPO in U.S. history, with a market cap at just over $104 billion. Monday, the stock closed at a low of $34.03 or 10.99 percent down with a...

Eduardo Saverin, a cofounder of Facebook, fled Brazil to Miami at age 13 when kidnappers threatened his wealthy family. This story is a common one for many Latin Americans. My own family fled Cuba in the late 1960s, were put under house arrest, and while well-educated forced into labor camps...

I am the founder of a startup whose name means to utter impulsively. I believe that when you are impulsive with your words, it's usually the truth, and truth is an important value to me. People who know me well would argue that expressing my feelings is not an issue...

"I used to walk down the street like I was a f*cking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be -- and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth." ~ Lady Gaga

I heard...