“What I learned was that as long as I set those goals, I was willing to do what it took to make it work.”

“Whatever the scenario, you have to think it through. you have to analyze it, look and see what went right, what went wrong, what can be improved?”

“Setting clear goals makes it easier for everyone to move towards achievement. When you simplify the message, it becomes easier to break it down into basic steps that can be set daily, weekly, or monthly.”

“The more integration we have in celebrating each other’s differences, the more results we will have as businesses and communities at large.”

“Supporting small business development means asking How we can help them scale up?”

“There is no right or wrong in how you define entrepreneurship. I’ve flown a million miles and heard a million definitions! I like to challenge all of these conceptions and take us to the very basis of entrepreneurship.”

“There are a few key components you want to consider when launching a program in a community that is not accustomed to this way of thinking.”

“Questions allowed me to have a bigger and deeper understanding of culture and human interaction — knowledge that is important in building community.”

“Mistakes will happen. The best we can hope is that when the do, we learn from them.”

“It’s important to understand that sharing information comes with responsibilities, and accepting information also comes with responsibilities.”

“An entrepreneur, from my perspective — and that of many educators in the entrepreneurship space — has a specific mindset.”

“It is all about merchandising no matter how you look at it.:”