![]() ![]() ![]() Who is it going to be? Bill Campbell is both of those friends.” The second kind of friend is somebody you can call when things go horribly wrong- when your life is on the line and you only have one phone call. You need someone who will actually be more excited for you than he would be if it had happened to him. ![]() Not a fake excitement veiling envy, but a real excitement. The first kind is one you can call when something good happens, and you need someone who will be excited for you. “No matter who you are, you need two kinds of friends in your life. You only need one investor to say yes, so it’s best to ignore the other thirty who say “no.”” “During this time I learned the most important rule of raising money privately: Look for a market of one. “Former secretary of state Colin Powell says that leadership is the ability to get someone to follow you even if only out of curiosity.” Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.” “There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. ![]()
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