I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity.

When I struggled with a depressive episode in 2013, I realized that I had a glitch in my thinking about my own motivation. I had separated learning and teaching into different concepts.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, I was an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Kauffman Foundation working with Jana Matthews on 'learning programs for high growth entrepreneurs.'

What I'm looking for in my interaction is critical thinking on the part of the person pitching to me.

I don't spend much money on clothes; I never did.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

The primary goal of a vendor is to make money.

You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.