Of course, a lot of businesses want to reach students, so I funded the magazine by selling advertising. I sold something like $8,000 worth of advertising for the first edition, and that was in 1966. I printed up 50,000 copies, and I didn't even have to charge for them on the newsstand because my costs were already covered.

Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed.

Two heads are definitely better than one and by sourcing ideas from each other, you have a better chance of coming up with a strategy that will allow your business to overcome a setback or challenge.

In times of recession there are massive opportunities and fortunes to be made, so for new up and coming entrepreneurs, this is the time to go and start a business.

About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.