It's not about how to get started; it's about how to get noticed.

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

The real magic in National Geographic isn't how much money they have left at the end of the year. It's the fact that through their overall focus they are reaching hundreds of millions of people and educating people about the world. It just happens to be done in a business-oriented kind of way that is more sustainable.

The idea that maybe you don't have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate

You're not just trying to do something marginally, incrementally better. You're doing something that is a fundamental paradigm shift, that will have exponential impact. That means it's harder to do, but ultimately, if it's successful, the impact it has is far greater.

So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world