The goal should be to build a sustainable lifestyle business that does good for employees and customers - and that steadily builds wealth.

A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team.

You need to be able to SHARE IDEAS, INSPIRE and MOTIVATE

The natives of Silicon Valley learned long ago that when you share your knowledge with someone else, one plus one usually equals three. You both learn each other's ideas, and you come up with new ones.

Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to take advantage of you.

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate.

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.