So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.

There are a lot of impractical things about owning a Porsche. But they're all offset by the driving experience. It really is unique. Lamborghinis and Ferraris come close. And they are more powerful, but they don't handle like a Porsche.

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it.

I think every entrepreneur in Canada owes the next generation a road map of how to do it again.

Don't call me, I'll call you... I'm out.

I look at Twitter as brand building.

Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry player without knowing they just launched a competing product. With the right background research, he could have avoided that and other landmines - and so can you.