The companies that are lasting are those that are authentic.

Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers - and there could be a lot of them - will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up.

Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.

I'm in a different position than most CEO's. I'm a founder. I'm not a hired CEO. Now, I can be fired by the board, but most CEO's are hired by the board.

I think the most important thing that I think everyone in America must have is belief that wherever they live, whatever station they have in life, that the American dream is alive and well. I think the fracturing of trust and confidence is in the American dream.