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To Retire By The Age Of 35 Was My Goal. I Wasn't Sure How I Was Going To Get There Though. I Knew I Would End Up Owning My Own Business Someday, So I Figured My Challenge Was To Learn As Much As Anyone About All Businesses. I Believed That Every Job I Took Was Really Me Getting Paid To Learn About A New Industry. I Spent As Much Time As I Could, Learning And Reading Everything About Business I Could Get My Hands On. I Used To Go Into The Library For Hours And Hours Reading Business Books And Magazines.

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To Retire By The Age Of 35 Was My Goal. I Wasn't Sure How I Was Going To Get There Though. I Knew I Would End Up Owning My Own Business Someday, So I Figured My Challenge Was To Learn As Much As Anyone About All Businesses. I Believed That Every Job I Took Was Really Me Getting Paid To Learn About A New Industry. I Spent As Much Time As I Could, Learning And Reading Everything About Business I Could Get My Hands On. I Used To Go Into The Library For Hours And Hours Reading Business Books And Magazines.

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Don't Get Caught Up In How Many Hours You Work. Judge Success Based On Having Goals And Measuring Your Results. Hard Work, And Lots Of It, Is Certainly Needed, But Focus On What You Get Done.

My First Company Was Microsolutions. I Worked 20 Hours A Day. I Didn't Take A Vacation For 7 Years. I Didn't Even Take The Time To Read A Fiction Book. It Was All About Work. When I Sold It, I Promised Myself I Would Never Wear A Watch And Only Wear A Suit To Weddings, Funerals And To Meet The President.

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One Problem People Have Is That They Lie To Themselves. Rarely Is Talent Enough. You Have To Find Ways To Make Yourself Standout. You Do So By Playing To Your Strengths And Making People Aware Of Those Strengths.

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When I Got To The Mavericks People Were All Giving Me Advice - Change This, Change That - And One Thing That I Didn't Do Was Fire Anybody.

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Love What You Do Or Don't Do It.

Business Is The Ultimate Sport. In Business, As In Sport, The One Thing You Can Control Is Effort.

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It Doesn't Matter How Many Times You Fail. It Doesn't Matter How Many Times You Almost Get It Right. No-one Is Going To Know Or Care About Your Failures, And Neither Should You. All You Have To Do Is Learn From Them And Those Around You. All That Matters In Business Is That You Get It Right Once. Then Everyone Can Tell You How Lucky You Are.

In My Opinion, Right Now There's Way Too Much Hype On The Technologies And Not Enough Attention To The Real Businesses Behind Them.

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.

If Ayn Rand Were An Up-and-coming Author Today, She Wouldn't Write About Steel Or Railroads, It Would Be Net Neutrality.

Time Is The Most Valuable Asset You Don't Own.

The Stock Market's Handling Of New Technology Is Kind Of A Joke. We Have Seen Cnbc, Cnnfn, Bloomberg, And The Like Turn Into Home-shopping Networks For Stocks. Fund Managers And Analysts Go On Tv And Sell What's Shiny And Easy To Sell.

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The Only Thing Any Entrepreneur, Salesperson Or Anyone In Any Position Can Control Is Their Effort.

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I Just Started A Business Called Hdnet. There Never Is One Area That Has A Door Open To Everyone. Try To Find An Area With Something You Love To Do And Do It. It's A Lot Easier To Work Hard And Prepare When You Love What You Are Doing.

But We Have To Ask Ourselves, What's The Purpose Of The Stock Market? It's Supposed To Be A Source Of Capital For Growing Business. It's Lost That Purpose.

Even When I Had Nothing, I Had Everything. Because I Love To Compete.

A Long List. From Getting Cut From The High School Basketball Team, To Getting Fired From Jobs, Getting Credit Cards Rejected And Cut Up. Rejection Has Only Been A Distraction, Not A Roadblock. “every No Gets Me Closer To A Yes,” Was The Saying I Used To Use.

I Wouldn't Be Where I Am Now If I Didn't Fail ... A Lot. The Good, The Bad, It's All Part Of The Success Equation.

Patent Law Holds Us Back, In Every Which Way, Shape Or Form. There Is Place For It, In Physical Products, In Pharmaceuticals, But In Software In Particular, There Is No Place For It.

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Always Wake Up With A Smile Knowing That Today You Are Going To Have Fun Accomplishing What Others Are Too Afraid To Do.

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I Had Been In The Technology Business For So Long, I Had Seen The Pc-bubble Come And Burst, I Had Seen The Local Area And Wide Area Networking-bubble Come And Burst, It Was No Shock That The Internet-bubble Was Going To Burst.

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The One Thing In Life You Can Control Is Your Effort. Are There Any Shortcuts In The Beauty Business? No. That Was The First Lesson I Learned. You Can't Just Rocket To The Top.

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There Is Very Little Knowledge That Can't Be Obtained Through Effort. With Knowledge You Can Determine The State Of Any Business Or Opportunity And Find A Course To Gain An Advantage.

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Sweat Equity Is The Best Startup Capital.

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Culture Is Very Important To The Mavs.... It Isn't About Who Talks The Most Or The Loudest. It Is About The Demeanor And Attitude He Brings.

I Retired At Twenty-nine, Bought A Life-time Pass On American Airlines And My Only Goal In Life Was To Party Like A Mad Man And Get Drunk With As Many People As Possible. And I Was Happy Right There. But When We Started The Streaming Business, I Knew It Could Be Something Big.

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We All Have A History Of Digital Texts, Posts, Messages, Reposts/tweets That Are Sitting Out There And Can Be Used By Anyone For Any Reason.

A Sure Sign Of Failure For A Startup Is When Someone Sends Me Logo-embroidered Polo Shirts. If Your People Are At Shows And In Public, It's Okay To Buy For Your Own Employees, But If You Really Think People Are Going To Wear Your Branded Polo When They're Out And About, You Are Mistaken And Have No Idea How To Spend Your Money.

Get Me Selling And I Can Figure Out The Industry. Once I Can Figure Out The Industry I Can Start A Business In That Industry.

Forget About Finding Your Passion. Instead, Focus On Finding Big Problems.

Money Is A Scoreboard Where You Can Rank How You're Doing Against Other People.

If You Don't Follow The Stock Market, You Are Missing Some Amazing Drama.

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Everyone Is Passionate About Something. Usually More Than One Thing. We Are Born With It.

The Idea That Growth Equals Profitability Is A Misconception. If You Can't Afford The Financial Or Qualitative Side Of Growth, It Can Just As Easily Put You Out Of Business.

Find Something You Love To Do. If You Don't Make Money At It, At Least You Love Going To Work.

If You Think Back To The First Sporting Event You Went To, You Don't Remember The Score, You Don't Remember A Home Run, You Don't Remember A Dunk. You Remember Who You Were With. Were You With Your Mom, Your Dad, Your Brother, On A Date?

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It Is Called Working Your Ass Off. The Difference Is What You Are Willing To Sacrifice. For Every Writer Who Wants Balance In Their Life, There Is A Guy Like Me Who Gives Up A Lot To Make Their Dreams Come True. There Is Always Going To Be Someone Out There That Knows They Have To Compensate For Maybe Having Less Talent With Harder Work And Preparation.

If You Are Active Online Or Texting, There Is A Good Chance I Could Look At What You Do And Know More About You Than Your Family.

As Far As Businesses, I Was Always Hustling. I Had To Pay For My Own School. I Got 20 Bucks Every Week Or 2 From My Dad And That Was It. So I Had A "whatever It Took" Attitude.

I Love To Compete. I Want To Get Out There And Kick Your Ass In The Business World. That Is What Inspires Me.

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Creating Opportunities Means Looking Where Others Are Not.

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Selling Is Never About Convincing. It Is Always About Helping.

It's Not Whether The Glass Is Half Empty Or Half Full, It's Who Is Pouring The Water. The Key In Business And Success At Any Endeavor Is Doing Your Best To Control Your Destiny. You Can't Always Do It, But You Have To Take Every Opportunity You Can To Be As Prepared As-and Ahead Of-the Competition As You Possibly Can Be.

Sometimes You Buy The Horse, Sometimes You Invest In The Jockey. It Really Comes Down To The Actual Business And The Upside.

There Are No Shortcuts. You Have To Work Hard, And Try To Put Yourself In A Position Where If Luck Strikes, You Can See The Opportunity And Take Advantage Of It.

The Sport Of Business Is The Ultimate Competition. It's 7 × 24 × 365 × Forever.

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Youtube Has Gotten So Big That You're Not A Standard Unless Youtube Adopts You. And That's A Big Fight.

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Business Happens Over Years And Years. Value Is Measured In The Total Upside Of A Business Relationship, Not By How Much You Squeezed Out In Any One Deal.

Business Relationship

Recessions Are The Best Time To Start A Company. Companies Fail. Others Hold Back Capital. If You Are Willing To Do The Preparation And Work, It Is The Best Time To Invest In Yourself And Start A Business.

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Sports, Music, Movies - Basically, Fans Of Any Form Of Entertainment Don't Do A Resume Analysis Before Picking Their Favorite.

The Thrill Of Victory In Business Blows Away The Thrill Of Victory In Sports. Business Is A Sport 24/7/365.

Most People Think Money Is The Key To Reducing Risk. Prepartion Is.

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In Today's World Of Technology We Should No Longer Be Using Outdated Paper Processes To Accomplish Tasks Such As Requisitions, Reports, Approvals, And Purchase Orders

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If You've Got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, You're Better Off Paying Off Any Debt You Have Because That's A Guaranteed Return.

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.

You Could Be Beaten Down By Anybody And By Everybody And It Doesn't Matter What Everybody Else Thinks It's How You See Yourself And What Your Own Dreams Are. And, You Know, Anybody Who Started A Business And Build A Business Knows There's Going To Be Lots Of Times When You Feel Beaten Down And You Need Some Motivation And That's When I Turn To That Book Among Others.

I'm Always Afraid Of Failing. It's Great Motivation To Work Harder.

Time Is The Most Valuable Asset You Don’t Own. You May Or May Not Realize It Yet, But How You Use Or Don’t Use Your Time Is Going To Be The Best Indication Of Where Your Future Is Going To Take You .

Most People Think It's All About The Idea. It's Not. Everyone Has Ideas. The Hard Part Is Doing The Homework To Know If The Idea Could Work In An Industry, Then Doing The Preparation To Be Able To Execute On The Idea.

When You Hit Send On A Text Or Tweet, You Lose Ownership Of It - But You Don't Lose Responsibility. Every Text You Have Sent May Have Been Saved And Could Be Out There Waiting To Be Used In Ways You Didn't Imagine. Even The Most Simple Of Posts Can Be Used Out Of Context, Often Unintentionally, And Change Your Future.

I Love Helping Entrepreneurs. It's Something I Really Have Fun Doing. It's Like Planting A Little Seed And Watching It Grow. Any Time I Can Help Somebody, That's A Good Thing. It's Fun. If I Get To Make Some Money At It, It's Even Better.

All Good Businesses Are Personal. The Best Businesses Are Very Personal.

One Thing We Can All Control Is Effort. Put In The Time To Become An Expert In Whatever You’re Doing. It Will Give You An Advantage Because Most People Don’t Do This.

You Always Have To Know What Business You Are In. Everybody Thought We Were In The Basketball Business. It's An Nba-team; We Are Not In The Basketball Business. We Are In The Business Of Creating Experiences And Memories.

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I Just Try To Have A Good Time, Enjoy My Family, Enjoy My Life. I Was Having A Blast When I Was Poor, And I'm Having Maybe A Little Bit More Now That I've Got Something In The Bank.

We Can't Ever Forget That The Internet Now Is Just A Staid Utility. The Exciting Platforms Are Software Applications That Are Very, Very Simple.

Always Look For The Fool In The Deal. If You Don't Find One, It's You.

Black And White

It Doesn't Matter Where You Live...it Doesn't Matter How You Live. It Doesn't Matter What Car You Drive. It Doesn't Matter What Kind Of Clothes You Wear.

Clothes You Wear

I Think Political People Are Afraid Of Me.

What I’ve Learned In These 11 Years Is You Just Got To Stay Focused And Believe In Yourself And Trust Your Own Ability And Judgment.

The Beauty Of Success, Whether It’s Finding The Girl Of Your Dreams, The Right Job Or Financial Success, Is That It Doesn’t Matter How Many Times You Have Failed, You Only Have To Be Right Once.

I'm Scared Shitless Of Heights.

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.

If I See A Black Kid In A Hoodie And It's Late At Night, I'm Walking To The Other Side Of The Street. And If On That Side Of The Street, There's A Guy That Has Tattoos All Over His Face, White Guy, Bald Head, Tattoos Everywhere, I'm Walking Back To The Other Side Of The Street, And The List Goes On Of Stereotypes That We All Live Up To And Are Fearful Of.

As Processor Speeds And Shared Processors Create Cheap Unlimited Processing Power We Will Be Able To Turn Our Bodies Into A Math Equation That Can Be Crossed Against The Properties Of Medicine And Nature To Create Medicine Unique To Each Individual.

Those Back-to-back Experiences Confirmed What I Already Knew: That I Was A Shitty-ass Employee And I'd Better Start My Own Business.

Tech Stocks Were The Cubic Zirconium Of The Market. They Looked Good And Were Sexy, But They Just Were A Way For The Company Selling Them To Make Money. That's Always Going To Be Transient In Terms Of The Stock Market. What's Real Is That Companies Have To Compete. Technology Used Well Is A Great Tool To Enable That If Only Because Most Companies Dont Use Technologies Well.

When You Post Something, When You Text Something, You Lose Ownership Of It When You Hit Enter Or Send. Who You Send It To, Where You Post It, They Take Ownership Of That Information Whether You Like It Or Not

If You Want To Deal With Me, Email Is The Way You Do It. Working Via Email Means That Everything I Do Is Searchable. I Can Go Back And Check Out Discussion Threads From More Than 15 Years Ago.

I Love The Competitive Aspect Of It [business]. It's Like Playing Chess. Why Do People Play Chess? Knowing The Realm Of Moves? Even When You Get To Be A Chess Master, There Are Other Chess Masters You Want To Beat Or Outperform. And To Me Business Is Just A Sport That I Love To Compete In; A Continuous Intellectual Challenge That Really Motivates Me.

When You First Start Working For Me, Directly For Me, I Micromanage Until I Trust You.

If You're Looking Where Everybody Else Is Looking, You're Looking In The Wrong Spot.

The Nba Is Never Just A Business. It's Always Business. It's Always Personal. All Good Businesses Are Personal. The Best Businesses Are Very Personal.

Every Kid Thinks They Have Something Special About Themselves. Every Adult Thinks They Have A Big Idea At Some Point In Their Life. Rather Than Pursue Every Thing They Possibly Can To Prepare Themselves To Enable Their Idea Or Special Talent, They Tend To Wing It And Make Excuses.

If You Have Managers Reporting To Managers In A Startup, You Will Fail. Once You Get Beyond Startup, If You Have Managers Reporting To Managers, You Will Create Politics.

Do Your Homework And Know Your Business Better Than Anyone. Otherwise, Someone Who Knows More And Works Harder Will Kick Your Ass.

In Business, One Of The Challenges Is Making Sure That Your Product Is The Easiest To Experience And Complete A Sale.

Yes. And Release Prisoners Who Are Incarcerated For Pot.

What I Do Know, At Least What I Think I Have Learned From My Experiences In Business, Is That When There Is A Rush For Everyone To Do The Same Thing, It Becomes More Difficult To Do. Not Easier. Harder.

Because If You're Prepared And You Know What It Takes, It's Not A Risk. You Just Have To Figure Out How To Get There. There Is Always A Way To Get There.

When You've Got 10,000 People Trying To Do The Same Thing, Why Would You Want To Be Number 10,001?

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