Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don't regret them.

It's never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.

When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).

Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.

We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis of trying to do good and, you know, hopefully turn a profit, what we did was we pledged that we'd put all the profits from our airline business into trying to develop clean fuels.