If you put a woman in prison for four years when she's young and make her pay her time in a horrible place and she wants to come out and work, and become a mother and be a contributor to society and pay taxes and you never give her that chance. There is something un-Canadian about that.

I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

Once in a while, I see my fellow TV investors praise a business just because they like the entrepreneur behind it. That kind of thinking might make you feel warm and fuzzy inside - but let's get back to reality.

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

(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.

I want to spend my time at colleges and universities.

Let's not forget, there are three languages in Canada - English, French, and there's the language of jobs.