Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

Most of us can't even begin to imagine.

I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California.

Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.

When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.

We also need to reduce corporate tax rates. This applies to small, medium and large businesses. At 35 percent, we have the second highest corporate rates in the world. It restricts the growth of small enterprises that need to plow capital back into their businesses and forces companies and jobs to move overseas.