Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

I never set out to be a businessman

Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.

Learn to look after your staff first and the rest will follow

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.

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no