I really chess-play culture shifts. I'm really good at understanding what worldwide cell-phone use means. That's what I do. I try to picture it three to four to five steps ahead.

Market like the year you are in.

One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

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

Good salespeople sell value and social media is the best place to find this value because of its transparency.

Pinterest is like window shopping 3.0.

We're not really good at knowing what we want, and we are quick to say 'this sucks'. That's where the opportunity lies.