If family or friends are unwell or ill - it's perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.

Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can't guarantee it just by following someone else's formula.

I think that being a business a leader that treads all over people to get to the top is actually not the way I think to become a successful business leader.

Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.

There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.