My real bottom-line hypothesis is that nobody has a sweet clue what they’re doing. Therefore you better be trying stuff at an insanely rapid pace. You want to be screwing around with nearly everything. Relentless experimentation was probably important in the 1970s-now it’s do or die.

When you choose a managerial path, you are choosing to devote your life to people. Period.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

Accept change as a friend. And don't take yourself too seriously.

If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.

I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop.

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.