My love of horses began in College Park, with me and 10 friends on two couches and a keg of beer in the back of a truck, heading to Pimlico at 6 A.M. to mark our place in the middle of the Preakness infield, where we never saw a horse run.

Where can we take no the product, but the idea?

When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'

Great brands are like great stories. And every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And our job is to make sure that every chapter of our stories makes sense to the one in front of it and make sense to the one after it. There is no such thing as an overnight success. You have to get up and put your work boots on every single day.

I'm a big advocate of the power of positive thinking, particularly for small businesses.

Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point.

Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.