Don't get stubborn, flow with the go. The key is to be open to unintended success. Some companies just can't take yes for an answer.

If achieving success were easy, more people would do it.

I want to know which idea you're going to kill yourself trying to make successful, not which ideas have crossed your idle mind.

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.

Skillful pitching... is a necessary, but not sufficient, part of raising capital. More important are the realities of your organization: Are you building something meaningful, long lasting, and valuable to society?

If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.

You need to earn the right to promote.