One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to be on the lunatic fringe.

Cash is king. Get every drop of cash you can get and hold onto it.

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

In any bad situation you can not let yourself be a victim.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.

Shun the incremental and go for the leap.

Nothing is worse than the person in their 40s who says, 'I'm not going to learn this.' 'I don't carry an iPad.' That will label you and put you right in the corner. Some people do it as a badge of honor. I've seen them myself, they walk around bragging [about not knowing much about technology].