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The biggest thing I want to see is that people have the drive to succeed. If they can 'take it or leave it,' I don't do business with them. I enjoy mentoring. I like people who want to learn.

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.

I wasn't born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

I think you need to have a very strong angel community that is committed to mentoring up-and-coming entrepreneurs.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.