Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.

I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.

I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.

Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

The power of your thoughts can influence how events turn out. I'm a positive person - when bad things happen, I can see the silver lining. As a result I think I am very lucky, even though I probably have as much bad luck as anyone else, and that translates into seeing opportunity.

As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.