Charles

"He took me under his wing and we ended up starting a marketing services business together."

"as a CEO, um, I think you're responsible for setting the vision, getting the right people in the right seats, and ultimately getting out of their way."

"I come in, I clear up my inbox. I use an email management system called Inbox Zero."

"What motivates people? What are they looking for in their lives, which is useful when you're thinking about what kind of products to bring to them, but also what motivates people to come to work."

"labor is an extension of yourself. So the reason that capitalism is bad is because it's alienating people from the fruits of their labor."

"That insecurity, I think, really only went away when I started to become more successful."

"As a business model, tech is very scalable. ...gross margins are lower, and so tech has that advantage."

"If you find yourself dreaming about what could be instead of what is, if you find yourself wanting to solve new problems, that might be a sign that entrepreneurship could be a cool vehicle for you."

"you have to stay 99% focused on the now, 1% focused about the future because it's hard enough as it is to be successful, to get to that future."

"I would look for a mentor because this is really what made a difference for me in my life"

"Above all, you have to operate with integrity."

"I was a very bad student. I think that's one of the things that led me to entrepreneurship."

"I saw kids like five years old, not in school, malnourished, begging for food, begging for money. And that has always stuck with me."