Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

Good grooming is integral, and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

The only thing that scares me in the tech area is that it moves so fast that you have to be ready to invest in 20 things. Because if you just invest in one, next week, somebody has a better mousetrap, and you get taken to the cleaners.

Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.

If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions.

The thing about branding is it isn't etched in stone. A brand is a mark or an image or a perception we stamp on a product, a concept or an ideal, but it doesn't last forever. Like anything else, it needs to be nurtured and reinforced, or it will start to fade.

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.