I like to invest in people that I like to hang with.
People who succeed in life have a need for something greater than themselves.
You can’t rush the miles. No matter how fast I run, the five miles isn’t going to be done in the first five minutes.
I don’t look at failure as death, I don’t look at failure as finality. I just look at it and pick myself up and say ‘we shouldn’t have done that’ and move on.
If you’re hard on yourself, life will be easy on you.
A goal without a deadline is just a dream.
The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.
It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.
If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life’s schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy – when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.
I’m a very nice guy, but don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.
Be risky at work. Be safe with your investments.
You have to have something bigger than you. You have to have a goal that is greater than you.
Don’t start a business. Find a problem. Solve a problem. The business comes second.
If you’re emotional and you’re great at something, the money will follow.
Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it’s the patience of a marathon runner.
Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus.
I try to get in one, one-hour spinning class per week.
Oh, I’m all about small business. I think what we’ve learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble. If we look at the American economy, who’s really creating value? It’s the small businesses.
People ask, ‘Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?’ I think it’s a combination of both.