We can talk about republican or democratic approaches to the economy, but until you fix the student loan bubble - and that's where the real bubble is - and the tuition bubble, we don't have a chance. All this other stuff is shuffling deck-chairs on the Titanic.

The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.

In every job, I would justify it in my mind, whether I loved it or hated it, that I was getting paid to learn and every experience would be of value when I figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up.

Focus on building the best possible business. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear.

There is only one thing in life you can control: Your own effort.

Know your stuff. Have an angle. Know how to grow business, how to develop products, have patents and an undeveloped market that could be huge.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.