Start finding future clients before you have anything to sell them. Get to know these people as friends, not potential customers.

Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.

To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first

People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

We have a tendency to romanticize independence. Most business literature still views autonomy as a virtue, as though communication, teamwork, and cooperation were lesser values.

Business is a human enterprise, driven and determined by people.