Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.

You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.

I've been taught not to have any regrets. If we were to add up all of the hours spent regretting mistakes and use that time to develop new ideas, who knows how many brilliant new businesses would be created.

Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don't waste time - grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it's not fun, move on.

In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

You only live once, and I just don’t want to waste a minute of my life.

Sometimes the riskiest decision you can make is to do nothing.