The very thing you fear could be the best thing to ever happen to you

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.

Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships.

If you look at innovation, it doesn't just occur in the lab.

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

I started Dell 28 yrs ago with $1000. Revenues in 1984 were $6 million. Last year $62.1 billion. Impossible is nothing.