The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

Yes. And release prisoners who are incarcerated for pot.

Tech stocks were the cubic zirconium of the market. They looked good and were sexy, but they just were a way for the company selling them to make money. That's always going to be transient in terms of the stock market. What's real is that companies have to compete. Technology used well is a great tool to enable that if only because most companies dont use technologies well.

The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change the costs to support their legacy infrastructure and costs will keep them from getting there.

What I’ve learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you’ll find that you put the time in. You won’t just ask somebody if it’s a good idea, you’ll go figure out if it’s a good idea.

I wouldn't be where I am now if I didn't fail ... a lot. The good, the bad, it's all part of the success equation.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.