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" I always tried to align myself with strategic partners, friends, and information to help me with the things that I did not know, and ultimately, I made it. "

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" 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. "

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

" I've learned, like with anything else, business is only as good as your connections and your resources. And some of the resources that I have are the fact that I work with huge artists. "

" I had a little delivery van, and I did work around Queens. I was also a waiter at Red Lobster, so I was working on the business in between jobs. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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" When I first came into money, I bought six or seven homes. One weekend I went to Miami and bought an apartment and a mansion several blocks from each other, which was not that bright! "

" 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. "

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" I already have enough apparel businesses that are either doing well or not really doing anything at all, and I'm looking to broaden my portfolio. "

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" I never knew anything other than wanting to be an entrepreneur. I tried my first business when I was 6 years old, and I started another business when I was 8. I don't think I knew anything besides that. "