Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.

I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.

Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.

I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be willing to find the time myself to talk about them, promote them and market them. I don't want to spend my life doing something that I'm not proud of.

What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.

Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

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.