I didn't want to take anybody else's money. I wanted to do something small that could be profitable from the beginning, and grow that way - and never need someone to write me a check to keep the business going.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My first venture was to trade bicycle parts and hosiery yarn. The initial days proved to be difficult, and I earned very little from my business. But I kept at it. Each day, when I retired for the night, I told myself that money would come in the next day.
I always liked having my own money and buying my own stuff. I didn't want to depend on somebody to do it for me.
I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.
I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.
I'd made enough made money by the time I was 12 to never work again, so it's not about a big pay check with me.
When I started my last business, I didn't receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can't handle that pressure.
You can't do business without money, of course, because that's how it works, but I'm not in business only for money.
I never wanted to take a job because I needed money, and I never have.
When you're rich you don't write checks.
I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.