The likelihood of success drops dramatically when you expand, especially in the services business. And there's a lot of capital that goes into opening another office.

You have to assign specific tasks to everybody so you don't bump into each other and start arguing about silliness.

Put no more than three messages on a lemonade stand. You have to describe what your product is, why it's the best, and how much it is. Don't be drawing turtles and flowers and footballs all over it, distracting people. Keep it clean.

You can't run a business just by selling one thing.

If I ever took a business public, I wouldn't want to take the shares off the table. I don't want people thinking I'm doing it just to make money and then going to run for the hills. I think that's a very important distinction.

I'm not a seller. I'm a holder.

I want to prove to people that every single business can be reinvented and fixed. And I want to prove to myself that I'm good at it.

The only thing I did well was learn how to make money.

Working and being involved in multiple businesses and fixing things has almost turned into an addiction, but I can't seem to want to change it.

I have trouble falling asleep. I have trouble shutting my mind off.