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.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

Money gives you the freedom to do with your time what you want to do with it

Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well, maybe on an unpaid basis, let them do it. That sort of flexibility I think is incredibly important because most of our time, we spend at work.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them

Be bold, brave and not afraid to fall on your face and ultimately you will succeed