It will never be a perfect time, you can only make time perfect.
I think the single biggest turn off is people who think that they need money and they need all these people around them so if they get the money they can just buy all the things they need to help the company... [without] hav[ing] to put in the work themselves.
Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.
A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.
I don't want to leave my kids an inheritance, I want to leave them a legacy
Try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets you've learned and you don't make bigger mistakes. Try to go as far as you can without anybody else's help first.