In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.