I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.

Any business that is looking for new customers needs to understand the Internet and how to market their goods or services through it.

I'm going to start a lot of companies. These are not sham companies. These are great businesses.

The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago.

Most people don't really do too many things because they're afraid they'll fail. There are people failing all the time, all around you. And nobody is going to notice your failure. Your failure is not going to be so spectacular that people write news stories about it. Your failure will be boring.

Jewish Americans weren't just integrated, like other ethnic and religious groups. They also attracted a particular sympathy and admiration, rooted in Holocaust remembrance, affection for Israel, and a distinctive pride in the scope of their success.

If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.

Let me make one thing clear. I have never considered mere survival in power as any achievement, just as I have never seen coming to power as an achievement in itself.