You need to spend all of your time and energy on creating something that actually brings value to the people you're asking for money!

Time - the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of.

You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.

Hustle is waking up the day before you die and realising you gave it your all.

My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

The problem is, we’re all using social networks as distribution instead of native platforms to actually tell stories.

The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.