I've gotten more press than any entrepreneur could dream of - certainly more than I deserve - and I've never had a public relations firm working for me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.
I met with several public company CEOs to learn about their experiences of going public and listened to as many earnings calls as I possibly could.
You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!
I have never run a public company. I spent my entire life working for a private company.
You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.
If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing.
Forget the press - just being a partner of somebody who's very, very famous, it's hard to keep your center and your personality intact.
I'm not in the business to make people aware of me, and publicists are very expensive - they're $3,500 a month! I don't want to spend that kind of money so I can get a stupid article in 'Interview' magazine.
I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.
I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.