Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.
If you’re an entrepreneur and you think that the president makes a difference to your business, you should stay at your current job.
Entrepreneurship is not for everyone.
If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.
Leverage your brand. You shouldn’t let two guys in a garage eat your shorts.
Most venture capitalists won’t read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.
Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A players; B players hire C players; and C players hire D players. It doesn’t take long to get to Z players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.
Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, and writing some more can help you control issues that you face.
A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur – or APE.
Not many people agree with what I do.
I’m a lousy predictor of the future.
I travel all the time.
I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It’s a skill that you learn.
I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.
I don’t want to make more friends. I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need.
I do have a peripatetic and active intellectual curiosity.
I’ve always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?
The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient.
Social media allows me to pick my times for social interaction.
Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship.