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" As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business. "

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" The things that I've learned is, try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets, you've learned, and you don't make bigger mistakes. "

" My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework. "

" I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue. "

" A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first. "

" Most brands started from a strong base and kept a strong belief. "

" Fortunately, right now 'entrepreneurship' is one of the business world's biggest buzz words and so many young people in our country are looking up to this new generation of CEO's as their modern day rock stars. Whenever you have that effect, it makes the job of promoting entrepreneurship much easier. "

" If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions. "

" I think that in the earlier days, when I was a 'wantrepreneur,' I was really doing things because I thought what I wanted was to be rich. "

" You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to. "

" When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions. "

" I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example. "

Lead By Example

" I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I'm sleeping. You become what you think about the most. "

" Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques. "

" I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure. "

" I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life. "

" When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something. "

" Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family and business with expiration dates, and I update them every six months. "

" When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?' "

" The only thing that scares me in the tech area is that it moves so fast that you have to be ready to invest in 20 things. Because if you just invest in one, next week, somebody has a better mousetrap, and you get taken to the cleaners. "

" One of my business partners would remind me that no fashion line lasts forever, that we would hit the down curve eventually, and that we needed to look for new brands that complement the first one. "

" If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales. "

" Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts. "

" An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made. "

" I've come to learn that my initial investment is more about the person versus the product that I am buying into. I've also learned that I really do enjoy giving worthy people an opportunity of a lifetime. "

" If you go out there and start making noise and making sales - people will find you. Sales cure all. You can talk about how great your business plan is and how well you are going to do. You can make up your own opinions, but you cannot make up your own facts. Sales cure all. "

" Mentors, by far, are the most important aspects of businesses. "

The Most Important

" FUBU is pretty well licensed out in China and Asia. In America it's a little more of a challenge, obviously, because it's a branded sport. "

" I don't care if you're my brother - if we go play football, I'm gonna try to crack your head open. It doesn't mean that I don't love you. It doesn't mean that I don't respect you. "

" I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down. "