I have always believed that business should be a force for good.

What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would hold together.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.

It is the satisfaction of doing it for yourself and motivating others to work with you in bringing it about. It is about the fun, innovation, creativity with the rewards being far greater than purely financial.

If family or friends are unwell or ill - it's perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.

I learnt from an early age this need to delegate responsibility out to other team members as there is just too much for one person to do themselves. What is the point of hiring talented team members if you don't give them the freedom to make the most of the chance you have given them?

My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing.