In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

Leadership is hard to train on.

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

The most important thing you can learn as CEO- one of the hardest things to do is, you have to discipline yourself to see your company... through the eyes of the people that you're working through. Through the eyes of the employees, through the eyes of your partners... through the eyes of the people who you're not talking to and who are not in the room.

You don't need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.