It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on my gravestone it's going to be, 'Storyteller.'

What's the ROI of your Mom?

The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.

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

Legacy is greater than currency.

We are in control of the one asset that we all give the most f#%ks about, and that is time.

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