Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.

With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand

When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's.

Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people. It doesn't scare me to call someone who has no idea who I am and say I'd love to take you to lunch.

I don't think college is for everyone. School is awesome, but for me, I was learning a lot more outside the classroom in the real world than I was in school.

When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.

If you just go out and try to make money by starting a business, you're going to come up with something that's just like what everyone else has done. But if you look at the world and see opportunities that can be taken more seriously, then you come up with a great idea.