It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.

I never think of the future

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company’s mission.

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

Careful thinking and hard work will solve nearly all your problems. Try and see for yourself.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

I learned not to worry so much about the outcome, but to concentrate on the step I was on and to try to do it as perfectly as I could when I was doing it.

If we don’t allow ourselves to make mistakes, we will never invest in things that are radical.

“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.

The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.

Success is the child of audacity.