During the Enron debacle, it was workers who took the pounding, not bankers. Not only did Enron employees lose their jobs, many lost their retirement savings. That's because they were at the bottom of the investing food chain.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.
I worked for Xerox for 4 years and after that I knew I was never going to be a corporate person. It wasn't my environment.
Although I don't like the way the Chinese do business, I continue to do business in China. I have to. They're the next world power.
I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.