The desire to change the world is a tremendous advantage as you travel down the difficult path ahead because focusing on a lofty goal is more energizing and attracts more talent than simply making a buck.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.

It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment, but this is simplistic. The real question is who will innovate.

You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.

Enchantment is the purest form of sales. Enchantment is all about changing people's hearts, minds and actions because you provide them a vision or a way to do things better. The difference between enchantment and simple sales is that with enchantment you have the other person's best interests at heart, too.

This is the beauty of social media: it helps you find people and then you can contact them fast and inexpensively.