We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends.

My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?

Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.

Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.

Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the same way I had cold-called Neiman Marcus, Saks, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's here in the United States.