Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh. Hire slowly and fire fast. And the most important thing is: you never invest in ideas, only in people!

I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it.

You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't.

Entrepreneurs need to be positive. Always. Entrepreneurs need to be brave, often. And lastly, entrepreneurs need to be obsessed.

When things go right (and they go right a lot - you just got to keep trying) there is nothing to really laugh about.

What is it about business that makes us laugh - when things go wrong, which they do all the time (why, I still wish I knew) then we need to laugh.

Business, like life, is funny. We all go through difficult times, and we all have to face curve balls and challenges, each and every week. And we need to laugh when things are funny. If we take it all too seriously we will go mad.