After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.

I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible.

The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.

Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine and in shadow, and although we can never unsee what happened here, we can also see that children who lost their parents have grown into young adults, grandchildren have been born and good works and public service have taken root to honor those we loved and lost.

I cannot for the life of me understand why the American market keeps going up. Our economy has some real challenges. The infrastructure's falling apart. We're destroying jobs with technology. We are keeping the best and the brightest from around the world from coming to America to create new jobs and create new businesses. All of those things would give you pause to worry about the future.