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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "