Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.

The skills you acquire can always be effectively redeployed. You will look back on setbacks and be grateful for the catalyst that came not a moment too soon.

Travel is the best and probably cheapest graduate school you can buy.

I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.

I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried.

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.

People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised. Everyone gets fired, or decides to make a radical change at some point. Everyone suffers setbacks.