Don’t be afraid to fail. Get out there and experiment and learn and fail and get a rate based on the experiences you have. Go for it and when you go for it you’ll learn what you’re capable of, what the potential is, where the opportunities are, but you can’t be afraid to fail because that’s when you learn.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room.

It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.

Each day that you're moving toward your dreams without compromising who you are, you're winning

Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.

There's always an opportunity to make a difference

We were always focused on our profit and loss statement. But cash flow was not a regularly discussed topic. It was as if we were driving along, watching only the speedometer, when in fact we were running out of gas.