“I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.” - Atlas Shrugged

A quote to live by.

“I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.” - Atlas Shrugged

A quote to live by.

You don't 'feel like doing x,' is the killer of you achieving every one of your dreams.

Say what you want about Taylor Swift. The woman puts in work.

You don't have a business if:

• You don't have SOPs
• You are the only manager
• You still do all the selling
• You don't have a P&L
• You can't go 2 weeks not reading emails

You have a job. Fix all of this, and THEN you will have a business.

'150 years ago you didn't have to ask permission from the government to'

'Go fishing'

'Own a property'

'Build on your property'

'Own a weapon'

'Start a business'

'Use a transportation vehicle'

'Protest'

'And now you virtually can't do anything without asking for the

If you wave a foreign flag and send our money abroad... you're a patriot?

If you wave a US flag and ask to keep money here you're... a foreign agent?

If you burn a US flag on a US campus you're... using free speech?

If you say Jewish students shouldn't be attacked on a

Money level 1 says, 'That won't work.'

Level 2 says, 'How could that work?'

Level 3 says, 'Who could make this work for me?'

Highest leverage is always who, not how.

If you don't like...

Your job
Your boss
Your town
Your state
Your country

You could bitch about it. Or you could start building something to make it better.

Entrepreneurship when you start out:
• Losing money
• Losing friends
• Losing time
• Losing sleep

Entrepreneurship after 10 years.
• All the same things, but you make enough money to offset some of the pain.

You are crazy if you think most small business acquisitions don't have some seller financing.

Can you buy a biz w/ $0 making millions? HARD. Do 65% of all deals have some SF? YES.

Try to be nicer here

Online trolls are usually so broken in the real world, the only place they can be brave and relevant is with a keyboard.