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He takes on big and audacious goals and inspires people, leading by example, doing all the hard work. He thinks really BIG, leading to really big outcomes.

One of the hosts thinks of sheds on a beach, another thinks of them as central parks, and the other thinks of skiing.

For Ross, he likes to do things with partners because he had more accountability. He states that it’s difficult for him to do stuff alone. Another benefit is him nailing his niche. You can find a way to re-enjoy experiences and your expertise.

Jason went to public school and he was not the top of his class. Yet, he has had significantly more success than some who graduated from Harvard.

A few years ago China started to invest heavily into lowering their levels of pollution by reducing coal usaging and ramping up renewables, which is already seeing a significant impact vs. those countries that haven't.

Most people don't understand probabilities. They think that if a probability of success is high, that means they can benefit from it indefinitely. A stock trader, for example, might look at the probably of making a large return, and risk everything on it, over and over again.

In reality, however, if there is a smallest chance of an absorbing barrier, an event in which your lose everything, then it is just a matter of time until that even happens, and you will lose everything.

On one hand, when people come out of the lockdown, if they see something new and something different, something exciting, they're going to buy it. There's gonna be some amazing world class companies created in this time.

Digital meetings and remote healthcare are going to accelerate. Robotics and AI are going to accelerate to compete with overseas overfacturing, ...etc.

On the other hand, this doesn't necessarily change the macro economics. The trends that have negatively impacted businesses are going to get worse..

Retail was already struggling with its back against the wall because of digital sales, the Amazons and Walmarts, ...etc. That's going to get worse.

Mark looks for investments that can return his share in cash flow. For example, if he invests $100K for a 10% of the company, that means this company needs to be able to make $1M in cash flow to give Mark his money back.

Although this thesis does not guarantee a lot of big exists, it also means Mark is not going to lose a lot of money. He can always work with the entrepreneur to help a business like that to make more money.

Terence explains his view about the food startup space and how it has always been tricky.

If you can figure out how to make less decisions, but make them better, that is one version of working smarter rather than harder.

Usually you can sell a content business for a multiple of your revenue, depending on your broker and your market.

In case of Ramon, he got lucky that his revenue started to grow, while the acquisition process was taking place.

He was able to use that to his advantage and to leverage a much better deal.