Screw the competition - focus on good customer service.

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.

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

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

Kitesurfing is one of the greatest sports in the world. I highly recommend this to anyone who has access to the ocean. There is nothing more freeing than being out there and kitesurfing. When my schedule permits, it's the first thing I do in the morning, before I have breakfast. Tennis is also fun, especially against someone far better at the sport than I am.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.