I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.

I have learnt so much over my 40 years of business which would have been valuable to me when I was younger.

If you're hurt, lick your wounds and get up again. If you've given it your absolute best, it's time to move forward.

Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

If people are crazy enough to dare, impossible things happen.

Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.

Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.