If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.

So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.

Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.

One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.