Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

Everyone says youve got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense!

It's not to give people fish It's not to teach them how to fish It's to build a new and better fishing industry

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who cannot see problems around him or herself is utterly blind. All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It starts with the person and the idea, and then grows to the institution. All three are intertwined.

Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of leading social entrepreneurs and their top business entrepreneur allies.