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The difference between entrepreneurs and other people is that you work for a lot lower salary on a monthly basis, but then you’re building long-term equity wealth and value in your shares and the companies you build. Ambition often comes with sacrifice.

— Vinny Lingham

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Too much education in business is a bad thing, because the time you’re spending learning theory you could be gaining real-world experience.

We live in a weird simulation, for sure.

I laugh at people who, from studying business, go into an MBA after one year’s experience. You learn nothing like that. MBAs don’t maketh the entrepreneur.

Not all entrepreneurs drive around in big cars with fancy houses. I live in a modest little apartment. It’s nice, but it’s just two bedrooms.

Clients ranged from eBay to Expedia, and Lingham attributes the search marketing company’s success to his own technical know-how. “I understood the techniques to rank keywords for clients higher than anyone else.

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