A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.

I believe a great company, whether improving a sector or creating a new one, needs to have an excellent product or service at its core; needs strong management to execute the plan and a good brand to give it the edge over its competitors. Providing quality service, combined with value for money and in an innovative way ensures you offer real value - and finally to be responsible to society and the planet.

Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.

And in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think will power the planes in the future so that, you know, by 2020 I hope that our planes will be powered on fuels that are clean fuels and are not polluting the environment so that we'll have a green airline and an airline that actually has fuels that will be hopefully cheaper than the dirty fuels of the past. So [we're] doing good and also turning a profit at the same time.

Mentorship is key to unlocking each of our entrepreneurial spirits.