Kevin O'Leary
Businessman
1954-07-09
Books by Kevin O'Leary
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Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids and Money
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Cold Hard Truth On Men, Women, and Money
50 Common Money Mistakes and How to Fix Them
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Quotes by Kevin O'Leary
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Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.
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My worst fashion faux pas: probably orange shoes with white pants. I thought I looked spectacular.
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Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.
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Steve Jobs had his critics. Some saw him as an egomaniac, and others, as a control freak.
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I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.
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Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win.
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In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.
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I look at Twitter as brand building.
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If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view.
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My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity.
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Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me.
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Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.
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I'm starting to think about things that I want to do, things that are fun. One of them is driving a car like a Porsche. I've driven a lot of cars - sedans, trucks and big family vehicles all year long. But there's nothing like a four-wheel-drive Porsche.
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I keep anywhere between 5-10 percent of my net worth in venture ideas.
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Software is becoming no different than a videotape or a record album or a paperback book, and not all of us are ready for that change.
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All we do is bring the debate from both sides, and let you as a viewer decide where you want to end up on the issue. That's very important. That's exactly what happens in 'Redemption Inc.'
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There's something very visceral about watching people beg for money. It's powerful.
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Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart!
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The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.
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