Avoid litigations. They are expensive and consume loads of time but if you have got a good case and a better chance of winning; then fight it out.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

I felt uneasy about making the rapid decisions I have always made, and wondered whether every decision should be formally ratified and minuted at a board meeting.

We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don't have a nine-to-five policy, we don't need a vacation policy.

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.

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

If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.