I would consider selling the whole company; I wouldn't like to sell just part of it, but on the other hand, I have a grandson intent on following my footsteps and another grandson in another couple of years.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's a very difficult business, and I'm very interested in the future of it after I'm gone, and I thought that if I can't produce a strong management team here myself, and I can find better management elsewhere, then I should sell it.
We sell to businesses who sell other stuff, so we're just going to concentrate on doing that.
I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.
If you're going to start a company, it's not going to be in the millions of dollars, but it's going to be something - for a lot of these kids - out of the trunk of their car, the same way that I did.
When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?
If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great.
I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.
I always just wanted to write and maybe direct. I'm really only interested in that. And yet the business that I'm in has forced me into being a salesman - that's the last thing that 17-year-old me would imagine I'd end up being. I'm uncomfortable trying to sell anything, but that's what you're doing every time you walk into a pitch.
I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.
If I were to retire, I would keep my family's interest in the company the same and say, Don't sell.