When you're travelling, your day is jam-packed. I just don't have time to whip out a PC all the time. But I can whip out a BlackBerry and tweet. I keep a constant diary of where I'm at and why I'm there.

I think a book is your calling card, your business card.

Once in a while, I see my fellow TV investors praise a business just because they like the entrepreneur behind it. That kind of thinking might make you feel warm and fuzzy inside - but let's get back to reality.

When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut.

Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart!

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.