When you sell a product or service, you're making a promise to your audience. If you don't understand your audience, you'll never be able to keep that promise and you'll ultimately let them down.

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

You can make up your own opinion, but you can't make up your own facts, go sell.

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.

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

When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'

Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don’t be in such a hurry to grow your brand. Make sure that you and the market can sustain any bumps that may occur down the road.