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.

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

Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business

I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to that rule myself.

I would not be able to change a sparking plug and I would not be able to fly a spaceship or build a rocket or whatever. But what I am good at doing is finding brilliant people and surrounding myself with brilliant people.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the staff are motivated then the customers will be happy, and the shareholders will then benefit through the company's success.