The angels started singing, the clouds parted, it was a religious experience. I've never had the same reaction to a product, not in 25 years.

A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur—or APE.

I travel all the time.

What gets me up in the morning is either my daughter crawling into bed or my sons having to go to school. I love my family. They need a certain level of economic resources. They need my time. They need my attention. That's why I do what I do...and don't do what I don't do what I don't do.

You have to start with the basic premise that you need to know what your competition is doing.

The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk a lot. Thus, good schmoozer's are good listeners, not good talkers.

You know in a startup, you only need three people. You need someone who can make something. You need someone who can sell it. And you need someone to collect the money. That's the only three roles in a startup. So which one are you?