I don't really sleep until gone midnight anyway. It takes me a while to calm down before my mind allows me to switch off.
I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable.
I can walk all day in malls, shopping centres, high streets - I love it.
Great customer service does not come by chance. It is the result of training and ensuring there are enough assistants to serve the customers.
If the cash runs out, it's like a heart attack for you and your business. Keep that front and centre of your mind, and you will have financial security and not be struggling to pay the bills.
The reality in business and in 'Dragons' Den' is you win some, and you lose some.
A small business can survive for a while without making a profit, but if its cashflow dries up, the impact is fatal.
The decisions you make when you leave school define the rest of your life. So, in terms of making the right choices for your financial security as you get older, my best advice is to do something you have an interest in and are passionate about, as you'll be working for a long time.
Save money; never rely on other people to lend you money. We call it having 'walking the streets' money - money in your back pocket or bank account that belongs to you.
Stack the cards in your favour, and in a casino, you'll get arrested and put in prison, but in business and in life, it's the right thing to do.
I cringe when I watch myself on camera. I'm not articulate, and I'm dyslexic, but somehow it works.
I was lucky enough to find my passion early - in retail - and I have done well but, most importantly, loved doing it.
Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back.
I'm an avid sailor, and my first time exploring the Dalmatian Coast and the Croatian islands was very special.
In my early teens, I was working in a Wimpy Bar and delivering cab company cards to make cash. I also ran a tuck shop at school. I struggled academically because of being dyslexic. When I saw other families and what they had, it inspired me. I thought, 'I can get that, too, if I work hard.'
Business isn't complicated; we complicate business.
The high streets I remember best were Seven Sisters Road in north London and then sunny Peckham in south London after we moved there. They were where my parents used to shop. They were great, part of being a teenager.
What's crucial in a High Street store is a compelling reason for people to shop there. Shops must offer excellent customer service - and 'theatre' is a must.
The great virtue of the web, its ease of communication, has also become its Achilles' heel in that it has polluted the air with meaningless babble and egomaniacal drivel.
My whole business philosophy is based on a risk-reward ratio. But it's got to stack up. If it doesn't, don't do it. You might as well go to a casino.
