It's as easy to do something big as it is to do something small, so reach for a fantasy worthy of a pursuit and, if it's a real fantasy, you'll get part of the way there.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman
Born in 1947 in Philadelphia, Stephen Schwarzman built experience at Lehman Brothers before co-founding the Blackstone Group with Peter Peterson in 1985. Through private equity, real estate, and credit, he constructed a colossus in alternative asset management whose assets under management have grown to approximately $1 trillion. A dealmaker and institution-builder, he defined the shape of the PE industry.
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Don't lose money. The best way to do that is to have a very good process for making decisions.
Every entrepreneur knows that the first and most important step is getting the right people on your team.
All the successful entrepreneurs I've met have one thing in common: they all want to talk about their mistakes.
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