All the successful entrepreneurs I've met have one thing in common: they all want to talk about their mistakes.
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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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Every entrepreneur knows that the first and most important step is getting the right people on your team.
Don't lose money. The best way to do that is to have a very good process for making decisions.
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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