like what you said a few minutes ago about that the
one of the things you do you notice or the end
that you recoil against is the idea that that many entrepreneurs
say I need a mentor I need an advisor I need
a coach I need you to tell me what to do
right rather than getting dirty with it so my question is
what role in your businesses do advisors plate and do you
turn to people and when do you do it who you
think you are smarter than you I always try to hire
people that are smarter than me and that compliment my skills
skill-set like I'm a I'm a ready fire aim guy and
I always try to partner with people that are very anal
and perfectionistic kind of balance me out or have a skill
set that I don't have but once I'm going I mean
I would go to events and like this and listen and
learn and go to conferences and when I get the opportunity
I'll ask questions but I can't ever say ever what I
said I'm going to call this guy and just see what he
thinks with this woman and just ask that's just not
my style I mean because it's some point I'm going to
have to be responsible for whatever that knowledge is and and
also I have the benefit of being in the technology business
and it's it's a benefit because there's always something new coming
and I've always had the attitude that whatever it is so
if it's virtual reality if it's the Oculus Rift it's nude
everybody except the people who invented it and so I'm at
first base like everybody else and then it's just a question
of effort of learning it as well as everybody else so
other than going to the originator of the idea concept product
service whatever I'm tied with everybody else in and having the
opportunity to learn it so I'll just put in the time to
learn it so from a tech perspective and that that's
always serve you well because once you understand these different products
you understand how they fit together and it also helps you
make decisions and understand what will work and what won't work
I'm in your car the definition of a self-made man but
were there people in your life who you considered mentors no
really I want got to work I got a job out
of college the company called Tronix 2000 who wanted to franchise
the computer the television repair industry did have a long future
but it was a job I just would tell me the
best advice I ever got because I'm always go go go
go even back then it was like marking what you do
one thing for me when we sit in the meeting I
want you to take your pad of paper and your pan
and up in the right-hand corner just write down the word
listen and to this day that's what I'll do I'll write
down the word listen to remind me just to shut the
hell up and see what they have to say but that's
as close as I've come cuz he can't I just to
me by figuring it out that creates a platform for me
to go forward if you haven't had mentors or people who
leaned on or or or who advised you you must have
people in technology or in the NBA or various pieces admire
who are they jobs I've always looked up to him I
just reached out to Warren Buffett coming to CNBC got me
the amount because I don't want to you know Miss having
it a chance to meet and spend time with him so
I admire him I mire every entrepreneur who who's done it
on their own I love being in situations like this love
me or talking to people on Shark Tank for that reason
you're admirer Jerry Buss the guy who ran the Lakers who
done for you recently passed away I just I'm not a
big you know that's just not me I'm more like how
you think you're good to see what you got you know
you think you're smart Okay I'm going to start a company
just let's just see right up your competition let me let's
see how we do right to me and I said in my
book business is the ultimate sport you can p 24
by 7 by 365 and people are always like why you
just chill I love to compete you know I love to
know that you know all these Millennials out your good watch
this you know I was playing basketball yesterday against guys have
my age right I don't give a shit right it's just
like you got to go and it's just that's why I
love business because it's just it's effort and ability you know
and you can work on the ability side and you can
work on the effort side and accomplish anything look I'm able
to do it if y'all can definitely do it