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

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" 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

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

" 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. "

" Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money. "

" A lot of times, I can put a product together with a distributor when I go into my Rolodex for distributors. I can then put it together with a face, such as an artist. And then I can go into my databank of retailers and people that I've been working with through the years of retail, and then also manufacturing. "

" 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. "

" Mentors don't have to be the Daymond Johns or the Mark Cubans. A person running a successful bodega or a tax firm in your community for the last 20 years, that person is working just as much as the individual who's running General Mills. "

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

The Most Important

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

" 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. "

" In the founders, I look for a person I feel is trustworthy, driven and smart. I invest in the person first, because in the event the business fails, the person and I can move forward and create another business. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis. "

" I think Wall Street is very important, especially to tech companies. Wall Street will get in their rhythm and go fund tech companies, and tech companies will go create jobs and employ a lot of people, so there's that aspect of Wall Street. "

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

" Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in such a hurry to grow your brand. Make sure that you and the market can sustain any bumps that may occur down the road. "

" As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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