You have to die a few times before you can really live.
It is from a poem by Charles Bukowski, and weirdly enough I can relate to it. During my 33 years I have written 5 books, lived in 3 countries, including asylum and detention camp, been deported, started a movement that led to a new immigration law and went on to become a technology journalist and passionate entrepreneurship geek.
I believe that truly great innovation is possible if there is vulnerability, diversity and a healthy symbiosis of the public and the private sector.