“If you choose to think about your attitude, you can keep your thoughts and ideas positive, and make an impact.”

“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 short-term goals on an hourly or daily basis can also be vital in the journey. As entrepreneurs or leaders, we are interrupted on a daily basis, and sometimes, at the end of the day, we feel we’ve not accomplished anything.”

“Setting long-term goals and keeping your eye on the results becomes key, especially given how time files, and when it is easy to be distracted on a daily basis.”

“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?”

“In the process, I’ve learned that to support a minority business requires being plugged in to different energy and resources.”

“I learned quickly from the individuals I’ve worked with that the trick is to find champions for yourself within the ecosystem you are planning to enter.”

“As long as you continue to compete with yourself, you’re going to find your way to compete with the big players and maybe tackle them and earn first place.”

“Once I learned that, my attitude shifted from being disappointed when hearing NO, to celebrating that NO.”

“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.”

“The entrepreneurs we’ve talked to come from around the planet … What we have learned is that they have all come up with their own method of connecting to what they need for the success of their entrepreneurial journey.”

“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.”

“Your attitude and the stories you tell yourself become vital.”

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