{"id":444,"date":"2017-01-04T08:10:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agiliron.com\/blog\/?p=444"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:52:23","slug":"entrepreneur-roundtable-watch-five-famous-entrepreneurs-share-their-best-business-advice-for-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agiliron.com\/blog\/entrepreneur-roundtable-watch-five-famous-entrepreneurs-share-their-best-business-advice-for-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur Roundtable: Watch Five Famous Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Business Advice for Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The number of new businesses\u2014and new entrepreneurs\u2014has risen to an all-time high in 2016. <\/span>According to a recent <\/span>report<\/span><\/a> from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), 27 million Americans started and\/or are running new businesses. Most expect that number to continue to climb steadily over the next few years.<\/span><\/p>\n

And yes, while many small businesses do fail, the failure rate seems to have been greatly exaggerated. Or, at the very least, heavily scrutinized. The Small Business Administration (SBA) reports that 66 percent of <\/span>small businesses will survive<\/span><\/a> their first two years. What\u2019s more, <\/span>according to at least <\/span>one prominent economist<\/span><\/a>, the rate at which American employers go under has fallen by 30 percent since 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n

There has never been a better time to start a business. Access to information, capital, and talent has eroded many of the barriers of entry that once prohibited even the most bootstrapped of entrepreneurs from getting off the ground. The internet (and many posts like this one) have made it surprisingly simple to learn exactly how the world\u2019s most successful entrepreneurs have bootstrapped, scaled, and sold their own businesses.<\/p>\n

So, in order to help you sift through the sea of entrepreneurial advice, we\u2019ve pulled together some of the best soundbites from five of the world\u2019s most famous entrepreneurs (and some of our favorites). In this post, you\u2019ll <\/span>find some of our favorite interviews, as well as some actionable takeaways that you can use to jumpstart your own business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exclusive Bonus:<\/strong> Download the FREE cheat sheet<\/a> to get the best advice from five of the world\u2019s leading entrepreneurs!<\/div>\n

Five of the world\u2019s most famous entrepreneurs sound off: the best video clips from five of our favorite entrepreneurs, including actionable takeaways that will help you evaluate your own business (and take things to the next level): <\/span><\/p>\n

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1) Mark Cuban: \u201cThe more prepared you are, the less risk there is.\u201d<\/h2>\n

According to <\/span> Forbes<\/span> , the uber-famous \u201cshark\u201d is worth more than $3 billion. The often controversial owner of the NBA\u2019s Dallas Mavericks got his start as a bartender before he eventually sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in 1997. To date, he has invested in more than 80 deals on ABC\u2019s <\/span>Shark Tank<\/span><\/i> alone. In 2011, he wrote a 30,000 word e-book because, as he said, he need \u201ca way to get motivated.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Cuban himself is renowned for his preparation. In fact, he (rather famously, in fact) avoided losing millions of dollars during the dot-com crash simply because he had the foresight to see the crash coming. So, it makes sense then that his best advice to entrepreneurs strikes a similar chord: \u201cIf someone else knows more about your business or industry than you do…what are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

VIDEO<\/b>: Mark Cuban on following energy instead of passion.<\/span><\/p>\n