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" I've failed way more than I've succeeded. "

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" I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence. "

" 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 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

" 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. "

" I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom, but it has to be an education process. "

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" There really is no shortcut just because you have a name, or you have some kind of access or some way you can solve all the problems. And I think one of the things I learned with FUBU, you have to understand that there's really only two ways of operating a business: more sales, or lower overhead. "

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

" An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge. "

" 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. "