"I called up a bunch of the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies and said, 'Hey, can I come and see you? ..." — Michael Dell

You have to do stuff that you're actually incredibly passionate and excited about and you know something about. The 'oppor-tuneurs' don't do as well as the entrepreneurs.

I was in seventh grade math class, and we had this thing called Number Sense. So, I wasn't on the track team. Wasn't on the football team. Wasn't on the basketball team. I was in the Number Sense Club.

Relative to other economies in the world, India has a good feel to it.

If I come to Aspen for one or two nights, I stay at the St. Regis.