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1%. that was the name of an event in san francisco last night attended by nearly 300 people where billionaire tom perkins again claimed na the rich in america are under attack. you may remember perkins. he was the venture capitalist who compared the vilification of the rich to the treatment of jews in nazi germany and he apologized for that extreme comment but doubling down on the sentiment. his latest idea, if you have more money, you should get more votes. >> so the tom perkins system is you d...

Went bankrupt. more than 4,200 people lost their jobs. despite the companys troubles, executives received tens of millions of dollars in bonuses. sam zell is like the action movie hero who throws the lighter behind him not bothering to look back at the explosion. thats sam zell. try doing what sam zell did if youre not in the 1%. what the heck is wrong with these people? joining me now, venture capitalist, technology entrepreneur, nick hanauer, a member of the 1% who is going to explain what the...

Executives received tens of millions of dollars in bonuses. sam zell is like the action movie hero who throws the lighter behind him not bothering to look back at the explosion. thats sam zell. try doing what sam zell did if youre not in the 1%. what the heck is wrong with these people? joining me now, venture capitalist, technology entrepreneur, nick hanauer, a member of the 1% who is going to explain what the heck deals. these are not isolated incidents. >> unfortunately not. >> particularly s...

Maki making, oh, my god, he is making $35,000 a year. why dont you try that out in india. any place. the guy is wealthy. >> the message, if you are making $35,000 a year is, youre rich. >> move to india. although, the commute to new york or chicago can be a drag. >> the fact is, most people in this country are doing okay. the most people that arent doing okay, they have at least a safety net to help them. but there is a whole lot of people in this nation that are falling through the cracks, havi...

Was not a republican governors association event, just to be clear. >> right. it sounded a little bit like the mitt romney event down in boca raton where he admitted the 47%. hes with like minded people. hes sticking with the pre bridgegate and selling that outside of new jersey. and the people who were seen with him today, who was not ashamed to be around chris christie today, bill brady who chris christie -- hes hoping to, should he get the nomination, get the support of the rga, hes sitting a...

Anti-inflammatory pain reliever formulated with special buffers so its gentler to your stomach. time to prepare yourself for a fresh round of fiscal bickering in the nations capitol. lets call it debt ceiling deja vu. it suspended the battle to february 7th. republicans and democrats are signaling job creation that legislation would raise the nations borrowing limits. the white house says president obama wants a clean debt ceiling with no attachments. venture capitalist to nazi germany.

At microsoft and 11 years as a venture capitalist. i started by asking him to define mvp as it relates to companies. >> a minimum viable product is the idea that you create a simple -- a low resolution perfect. it allows you to put it in front of early customers and see if they respond to the few pieces of function, the few use cases that you want them to respond to. in other words, try to address the core of the problem and dont build lots of bells and whistles. because that can be a lot of was...

Desk and business. coming here is our chance to step out of our day-to-day and to think. >> big companies have a hard time innovating. i think a lot of large businesses in particular find that just by being in proximity to smaller companies, hyper entrepreneurial companies, some of that rubs off. >> the bottom line in the co-working spaces is that youre not going at it alone. >> can you give me an example of something that happened here that might not have? >> every day something happens here. a...

Years at microsoft and venture capitalist. i started by asking him to define mvp as it relates to companies. >> minimal viable product is the fact you create simple prototype that allows you to put the product in front of your early customers and see if they respond to the few pieces of function, the few use cases you want them to respond to. just try to address the core of the problem. dont build lots of bells and whistles because that could be a lot of waste. >> this isnt even just about start...

Or a squirt anyway. >> yes. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. >> i dont buy it. >> i dont either. >> why do that when you can have an iced cappuccino. >> im with you. its like the process, its all about the caffeine. its all about the drugs, give me the drugs. nice cup of coffee. beautiful thing. dont know why you want to take away the pleasure. if i was going hiking in the mountains needed the caffeine fix. i guess i could bring pills. i would bring something because i would get a he...