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Once investors come in, it's hardly your company anymore!

Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' - to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.

By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.

There's a reason people run negative ads... it's because they work.

I just don't like mutual funds. I think they're a rip-off.

American corporations hate to give away money.

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

I don't run any of my companies. I always partner with somebody who wants to operate.

Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.

Every time a twenty-something CEO turns down a multibillion-dollar offer for a company that has little or no revenues, it hits a raw nerve in me. Unlike most professionals, I am not shocked by the seemingly bizarre behavior of those founders who pursue their vision beyond all rational thought or monetary reward.