Pioneers get slaughtered, and the settlers prosper.

I think it's only failure if you put the word failure on it. I think it's part of the process of learning where you're going to go and what doesn't work.

I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure.

It will never be a perfect time, you can only make time perfect.

My mother said, "Money is a great slave but a horrible master." It was her version of a French proverb.

I think Wall Street is very important, especially to tech companies. Wall Street will get in their rhythm and go fund tech companies, and tech companies will go create jobs and employ a lot of people, so there's that aspect of Wall Street.

Try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets you've learned and you don't make bigger mistakes. Try to go as far as you can without anybody else's help first.