I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I love people.

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

Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

The best lessons are usually learned from failure. You musn't beat yourself up if you fail - just pick yourself up, learn as much as you can from the experience and get on with the next challenge...The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all.

Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.

Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks, suppliers, customers and investors.