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" I stopped taking calls when I'm with my kids. It's either work time or family time. "

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" I knew I did not want to be a doctor; my parents kept talking to me about that. I wanted to be an NBA player, but around freshman and sophomore year, I stopped growing, so that was the end of that. "

" I think whether it's a good idea or not to take the startup plunge comes down to the responsibilities of the individual. If you have a family to care for or a huge mortgage payment, then quitting your steady day job to launch a startup probably isn't the best decision to make. "

" Life, especially the life of an early-stage entrepreneur, is full of gigantic ups and downs. Make sure you don't let yourself get too high or too low. It's a marathon, and you just have to keep your legs moving at a steady pace. "

" I'm a firm believer in karma. By doing good, good things eventually find you. I don't have an American Express Black Card, but I like to think that I would if I could fill it with karma points. "

" Money is there to put food on the table and make sure your family is cared for. Anything beyond that can be argued as extraneous. "

" The best advice I ever received is that there is a difference between urgency and importance: Urgent tasks seem important, but they're not. Important things need to get done. "

" You don't have to be a superhero to change the arc of history. "

" Growing up poor taught me a lot. It instilled in me the ethics of hard work. "

" Working at a fulfillment center is definitely not the most glamorous job. I know because, in the early days, that's what I did, day in and day out. I had a tape gun in my hand, and I taped boxes. "

" Parents will be parents. Even now, my mom asks me sometimes, 'When are you going to go back and get a real job?' "

" I start the day just with the family. I don't check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn't close to me until I'm out the door. "

" Every person who starts at Boxed does shifts at the fulfillment center. It doesn't matter if you are the general counsel or the COO. "

" My management style is one of inclusion, meaning we're all one team no matter if you're making an hourly wage at the fulfillment center floor, if you're a C-staffer from a public company. "

" It was tough times in Ohio when we lived there. My dad was between unemployed and just selling random knickknacks at a flea market. My mom was a cashier at a Chinese food restaurant. They both had awesome careers back in Taiwan, and they came here for my sister and I. "

" I personally pay, through the majority of my stock and through cash, college tuitions of our full-time employees' kids. Life-changing events are generally covered by Boxed as well. "

" Everyone wants to start a business in their garage - they think it's sexy - but when you actually sit as a 30-year-old in a garage, it's not so sexy. "

" All these retailers these days are under pressure. Why? It's because... for the last 30 years, value equaled price. But now, value equals price, convenience, and a little bit of brand. "

" Companies are not lead by a single person; they're lead by a group of individuals collectively making good decisions on behalf of the company. "

" Automation is great for profits, but it's a real potential trouble area for society. "

" Most entrepreneurs are very gut driven - they have to be because the odds and data are often stacked against them. If your gut says something is the right thing to do, then do it. "

" Education was the motor that allowed me to make my way up the ladder. "

" I'm just a regular dude from New Jersey. If Boxed is successful, and you take 90% of my money away, I'll still be all right. "