Once a quarter, Amy and I go off the grid and totally disconnect. It's totally doable and it will change your life.

I don't think enough people have accepted that the machines have already taken over. They are patiently waiting for us to catch up with them. Our world is now interdependent with the machines, and more entrepreneurs should be working on the symbiosis between the two entities.

When everyone starts sounding the same, that's when you know the words and phrases have become clichés. Instead of speaking in clichés, I encourage people just to be themselves, let their passion burn brightly, and go work on things they love spending their time on.

It’s not about having a Silicon Valley attitude—it’s about having an entrepreneurial attitude. It’s about partnering with other organizations in and around your area. It’s about thinking big with entrepreneurs that sit next to you in your coworking space. It’s about collaborating with tech gurus, social media wizards and community leaders at cool business events. It’s the people that make a community an entrepreneurial one—not the location—and it’s up to you to contribute.

Failure is sometimes the best option if you view the process of entrepreneurship as a lifelong journey.

I no longer really ever like to be pitched. Instead, I prefer to engage in a relationship as part of learning the other person.

You can’t motivate people, you can only create a context in which people are motivated.