Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

Eat like a bird, poop like an elephant.

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?

What gets me up in the morning is either my daughter crawling into bed or my sons having to go to school. I love my family. They need a certain level of economic resources. They need my time. They need my attention. That's why I do what I do...and don't do what I don't do what I don't do.

The record of what you do is forever recoverable because of Google. The lofty upside and scary downside makes reciprocity more important than ever. This is all good because it makes people think more before they do something that reduces their trustworthiness.

At the end of the day in business, it's not about peer review and getting into a scientific journal. You either increase sales, or not.

'Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.