I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made.

I look at two things while angel investing. Are you solving an important problem? Do you care about the end users.

I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

You can't read about push ups. You gotta do them.

I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.

Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.