Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management - this way we can concentrate on the job in hand, rather than be part of some enormous and faceless conglomerate.

I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.

A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.

I learnt from an early age this need to delegate responsibility out to other team members as there is just too much for one person to do themselves. What is the point of hiring talented team members if you don't give them the freedom to make the most of the chance you have given them?

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.

Explore this next great frontier where the boundaries between work and higher purpose are merging into one, where doing good really is good for business.

I just think you need to spice up life every now and then with a bit of adventure and excitement.