Once you meet an entrepreneur like Jack Ma, you just want to make sure you bet on him. It's not a hard decision.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Learn to bet on yourself and have confidence in your own decisions. No one knows your business better than you.
I'm generally risk averse, and most great entrepreneurs I know are as well.
All entrepreneurs make decisions. Some will go right, and some will not go that right.
As a new entrepreneur, you need a stake in the game, but you can't risk it all.
Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.
I'm not really a betting person. I work too hard for my money to give it away.
Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.
One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.
Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.