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

Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.

I'm not planning on giving my kids any of my wealth. They know when their education is over, I'm pushing them out of the nest. The bird you see dead under the nest is the one who didn't think about the future.

I never, ever, ever let emotion get in the way of an investment.

A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader.

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

I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money.