Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: 1957
Ive spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercial….
You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet..
I have seen entrepreneurs ask for hundreds of millions of dollars on a concept and try to sell because of 'their passion' for an idea. If the idea is….
By definition startups usually do not turn a profit..
I did something rather innovative that my competitors didn't like: I took out a full-page advertisement in the Yellow Pages that listed an office on ….
One of the big problems entrepreneurs run into is they get too comfortable..
Reality TV is a totally different animal than the infomercial world..
Being born into poverty does not mean you are condemned to spend the rest of your life in poverty..
People must be realistic when evaluating their business..
When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'.
Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation..
I understand that finance can be very complex..