I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.

Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a mediocre large business.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Bakers bake bread, accountants manage accounts and entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality.

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.

I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.

We all know about the big world conflicts: Israel and Palestine, Zimbabwe, and so on. But there are smaller conflicts that aren't even on the world's radar screen; most of the world has no idea that Ethiopia invaded Somalia a year ago. It makes sense for the Elders to sit down with both sides and see whether leaders can come to an understanding.