Dylan Lauren

Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.

I love the BlackBerry. I'm on it all the time. I literally wrote my whole book, 'Unwrap Your Sweet Life,' on the BlackBerry while I was working out on the StairMill. So many people tease me about having a BlackBerry, but I meet a lot of people who still use one. Obama has a BlackBerry!

I like to live a healthy life.

My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living in a candy land with chocolate rivers and lollipop trees.

The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.

I received most of my business education around the dinner table. Whether I listened to my father or brothers, or we had business people as dinner guests, I learned from everyone.

Pinterest has been helpful to my business. Making inspiration boards is really key to developing products. When I was getting married, I literally cut out tear sheets and put my own boards together. Had I known about Pinterest, I would have been able to do it so much more easily.

I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings.

I collect candy packaging from around the world and believe it has the value of Pop Art.

My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

The people at Dylan's Candy Bar, they have to have an inner child and a sense of fun... and love the colors and the textures.