Cash is the lifeblood of your business. There are very few things in business that will kill you, but running our of cash is one of those things. You can recover from almost any other mistake, but if you run out of cash you're dead.

I'm a very nice guy, but don't mistake my kindness for weakness.

When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.

If you're emotional and you're great at something, the money will follow.

I look for the entrepreneur to capture my attention. If you don't come out with a great presentation, you're dead. That's a big red flag.

Don't ever be enamored by what something sells for. It's more important what you get to keep in your pocket.

I never dreamed I could build a $100 million company. I just happened to build a $1 million company that became a $5 million company, and so on.