Know your stuff. Have an angle. Know how to grow business, how to develop products, have patents and an undeveloped market that could be huge.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.

Patent law holds us back, in every which way, shape or form. There is place for it, in physical products, in pharmaceuticals, but in software in particular, there is no place for it.

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.

The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

Communicate with your fans or customers. They know we live in an ever changing world. If you tell them what you are thinking and why you are doing what you do, as I did with my blog regarding Nash leaving, they will respect and support you more.

Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.