Ignore the people who tell you it won't work, and hire people who embrace your vision.

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

It's exciting to see how fast your kids learn and grow. I'm not too worried about them, particularly the ones who like to break rules and don't follow instructions; those are the ones that will do just fine because they know what's important to them.

The idea of being all things to all people is a thing of the past.

The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants.

There's always an opportunity to make a difference

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.