Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough.

Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.

The road to riches is never straight and narrow. It can be riddled with financial land mines.

Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart!

I have great people working for me now. I surround myself with smart people.

People say that I can't speak French. C'est pas vraiment placé. I'm getting better every day. I just have to keep practising. That's the truth.

(On soft launches) It allows you to test your assumptions and see which ones you got right, and more, importantly, which ones you got wrong. A big hard launch is expensive. Getting even one thing wrong can force you to go out of business.