Bakers bake bread, accountants manage accounts and entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality.

Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. The desire to change things for the better is the motivation for taking risks and pursuing seemingly impossible business ideas.

I know enough to know that no man is an island.

I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.

There are no quick wins in business - it takes years to become an overnight success.

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).