Trump has been very, very open and clear on what he's going to do. He's going to make the U.S. very competitive on taxes, corporate and personal. He's eliminating policy on carbon and the regulatory environment on shale and energy and pipeline development. These are all things that Canada has to do and we no longer have a competitive environment to do them in. It manifests itself in the slow grind of our economy.

I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

Steve Jobs had his critics. Some saw him as an egomaniac, and others, as a control freak.

The definition of leadership is that you have to find great people and ask them to do extraordinary things. I've been doing that my whole life.

There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all.

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