“Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.”

Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.

We change our tools and then our tools change us.

If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It’s the thing that people create.

The Net is pretty cool, but the physical world is the best medium ever.

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often.

People don’t want gadgets, they want services.

A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.

I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.

In the end, we are our choices.

I don’t buy stocks, I make stocks.

If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.

Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.

Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.

You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, ‘let’s be simple minded. We know this is a feature that’s good for customers. Let’s do it.

You don’t have to wait to have it all figured out before deciding to be happy.

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn’t find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That’s when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

I’ve also built my own business, and obviously it’s a brand that I’ve built and it’s wholly owned by me and something that certainly my experience observing him and working with him and for him has informed how I make business decisions around my brand. But it’s my company.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

I decided to make a choice. And there is beauty in that – decision.

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.