However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices.

When you are ready to make your first hires, look for people who understand your passion, want to add to your ideas and can envision ways to make improvements.

My number one rule in business, and in life, is to enjoy what you do. Running a business involves long hours and hard decisions; if you don't have the passion to keep you going, your business will more than likely fail. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.

Whether you are launching a start-up or leading an established company, you should start establishing your social media presence if you haven’t already.

The best advice I got from my dad? Wear a condom.

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.

Purpose is not an add-on, it’s not an initiative. It is a culture change and it never finishes