All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e. companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.

How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.