Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.

Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.

Barbara Corcoran

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.

Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.

Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.

Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.

Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.

Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.

People imitate their leader. Lead by example.

People imitate their leader. Lead by example.

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma.

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma.

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.

If you're having fun, you wind up innovating.

If you're having fun, you wind up innovating.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.

The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.

Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.

Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head

The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct?

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct?

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.

Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.