One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.
When I started writing this blog more than years ago, it was in response to traditional media’s habit of twisting interviews to fit the headlines they wanted to create.
You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals or the media as a whole. Your words, your message.
YouTube has gotten so big that you’re not a standard unless YouTube adopts you. And that’s a big fight.
Credit cards are the WORST investment that you can make.
Expect the unexpected, and always be ready – everyone has inside them what it takes to be successful. You just have to be ready to unleash it when the opportunity presents itself.
If Ayn Rand were an up-and-coming author today, she wouldn’t write about steel or railroads, it would be Net Neutrality.
Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort.
Even when I had nothing, I had everything. Because I love to compete.
Video for the Internet has become a testing ground for mediums that actually have revenue.
As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome.
Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.
Doesnt matter what your skill and physical gifts are if you cant get your head right.
Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I’m just telling you, when you’ve got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That’s rule No. 1 of business.
Ideas are easy. I’ve never met a single person who didn’t think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.
But we have to ask ourselves, what’s the purpose of the stock market? It’s supposed to be a source of capital for growing business. It’s lost that purpose.
I don’t think there’s any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.
Communicate with your fans or customers. They know we live in an ever changing world. If you tell them what you are thinking and why you are doing what you do, as I did with my blog regarding Nash leaving, they will respect and support you more.
Most people think it’s all about the idea. It’s not. EVERYONE has ideas. The hard part is doing the homework to know if the idea could work in an industry, then doing the preparation to be able to execute on the idea.