“Business has two ‘children’. One is called ‘loss’ and the other ‘profit’. No one likes the one called ‘loss’, but both are indeed there. They are born together.”

“Everyone thinks money is the capital needed to start up a business or any project of choice. I, however, disagree with that ideology. Money is not the capital that you need. Time is the real capital that anyone needs to start up any project.”

“Imitating recent successes is a game that everybody knows how to play. But seeing the next big thing before anybody else sees it is far more valuable… It means being a little bit wrong at just the right time.”

“Behind every successful athlete there is a responsible coach.”

“Success may require a lot of days. But progress only requires one.”

“Formal business situations are likely to be the least revealing because these are the times when all of us are most likely to have our ‘game faces’ on.”

“If you have to repeatedly chase after someone when you have a great opportunity, don’t bother, if they aren’t responsive, they aren’t the type of person who’ll succeed at it anyway.”

“Project stacking is the art of creating projects that multi-task for you, so you don’t have to.”

“Leveraging existing resources is innovation’s sweetest play.”

“If you lose money in business, you can still cover up the loss. If you lose time, the only thing you have by your side is wreckage.”

“Carrying someone else’s weight is only going to weigh down on you and add stress, frustration, and pain. Choose who you work with and play with wisely.”

“Being broke is part of the journey. Staying broke is a fucking choice.”

“The average artist has a naïve, unrealistic, and disconnected view of what the music industry is, how it works, what is involved in “making it”, and what actually is happening behind the scenes. Too many artists take at face value what they see on some TV documentary or read in a fan magazine. Whether you are working with others in a band, looking to connect with a manager, an agent, a label, or an investor, or you just want to work in the industry, it is more crucial than ever to know what you are working for and toward.”