Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.

Start small and with your own money.

Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.

The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.

There's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it

My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma