Choose great people and shine in their shadows

One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

There's no better satisfaction than watching the people around you, who have worked day and night to get something right, realising the dream.

The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.

The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.