Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

Three components make an entrepreneur: the person, the idea and the resources to make it happen.

To me the desire to create and to have control over your own life, irrespective of the politics of the time or social structures, has always been a part of the human spirit. What I did not fully realize was that work could open the doors to my heart.

You educate people, especially young people, by stirring their passions, so you take every opportunity to grab the imagination of your employees, you get them to feel they are doing something important, that they are not a lone voice, that they are the most powerful and potent people on the planet.

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

One of the key problems of the business world is that greed has become culturally acceptable.

Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.