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.

There is no recipe for success - it is as unique as you are

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

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.

I just wear what I like and lots of it is British.