I've been totally replaced by people who are superior. I was doing, like, 15 different things. It's very gratifying to watch your job done better.

It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.

Personally, I don't want to do a lot of angel deals in a year. I get approached a lot. I'm becoming less and less polite, which doesn't seem to be helping. A lot of the things I get pitched on are from people who just want to make money.

This entrepreneurial energy that we have in the Midwest doesn't have to go out to the coasts to get fed and watered.

If I was a businessman, I could have made a huge amount of money. But none of that really crossed my mind while I was young and traveling.

There's nothing wrong with using the money that you earn to be daring and buy art that you love or that you think is beautiful.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

My candle-making business gives me decent money.