I never went into business to make money, but I have found that if I have fun, the money will come.

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

Travel the world and meet people. I've been fortunate enough to see so much of the world, and being able to do so has brought me so many wonderful friends and experiences. There is no better way to learn than exploring new places.

If I'm setting up a new business I'll spend three or four months learning everything there is about that business, everything there is about that subject and then I will find good people to run it on a day-to-day basis, but whilst they're running it at least I know what they're talking about when they come back to me.

If you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will back up to you.

So I became a publisher by mistake - well, not quite by mistake, because I wanted to be an editor but I had to make sure the magazine would survive. The point is this: Most businesses fail, so if you're going to succeed, it has to be about more than making money.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.