Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy; don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan from people who can help you move it forward.

Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.

My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding

I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.