I see negotiations as an honest attempt to reach a deal that's great for everyone at the table. But sometimes, for whatever reason, that's impossible. You need to accept that possibility-don't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. If you do, chances are it will fall apart later anyway, with costs and headaches for everyone involved. And once you walk away, don't come back.

Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely.

I keep anywhere between 5-10 percent of my net worth in venture ideas.

I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.

Justin Trudeau is going to elect Kevin O'Leary. All he has to do is keep doing what he is doing.

My worst fashion faux pas: probably orange shoes with white pants. I thought I looked spectacular.

Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.