If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited about doing, so I didn't think the overall risk was anywhere near as high as what the reward was.

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For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put...

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put...

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its...

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its...

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we...

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we...

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here....

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here....

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado...

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado...

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the...

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the...

I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and...

I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and...

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at...

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at...

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because...

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because...

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of...

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of...

Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and...

Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and...

Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report...

Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report...

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides...

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides...

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more...

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more...

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many...

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many...

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to...

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to...