The truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind roads, hospitals and schools.

To be a real entrepreneur you always have to be looking forward. The moment you rest on your laurels is the moment your competition overtakes you.

All good leaders listen to their people and empower them to go away and turn any innovative ideas they have into a reality.

Free publicity and word of mouth is probably the best and cheapest form of advertising. Learn to use it to your advantage.

There is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration.

Take a chance - it's the best way to test yourself, have fund and push boundaries.

Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management - this way we can concentrate on the job in hand, rather than be part of some enormous and faceless conglomerate.