You're not changing the world at $500 million in revenue. You start making a true difference when you're doing billions in revenue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.
I have made more money than I ever thought anybody should ever make. But who cares if you're worth $500 million or $1 billion? That is not what I want to be remembered for, but for giving something back.
Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters.
In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.
We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money.
If everybody who was in the Forbes 400 said they were going to create 10,000 jobs, by my mathematics, that would be 4 million jobs.
One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about.