I had the honor of speaking this week at a women’s business association luncheon on the topic of entrepreneurship. When I mentioned to my wife the day before that I was speaking to group of women entrepreneurs she asked, “Why on earth would they ask you to speak?”

Im often asked: what is the best way to fund a new business? This question is usually followed by So, do you ever invest in new businesses? The answers, respectively, are 1. there is no best way to fund a new business; and 2. I do invest in new businesses, but darn it I cant today because I left my checkbook in my other suit.