I myself have invested in Uber and Hailo, I think they offer great alternatives to disrupt markets that have remained unchanged for many years.

Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business

If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass

All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.

One night, I was chatting with a group of 16-year-old girls over a few drinks about a name for the record store ... A bunch of ideas were bounced around, then, as we were all new to business, someone suggested Virgin. It smacked of new and fresh and at the time the word was still slightly risqué, so, thinking it would be an attention-grabber, we went with it.

If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are a bigger company. They can crush you while you are still in your startup phase. Lie low while still strengthening your bottom line.

Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life.