I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There comes a point where it doesn't matter how many zeroes are at the end of your bank account.
I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.
I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.
The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it.
You can't run a company simply by the numbers. So if you're going to bet on someone, you bet on someone you want to be in business with for a long time.
It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless.
I don't set goals. Competing with a number in your head can be limiting, and I don't know what my capabilities are yet.
You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.
I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.