Farmers Business Network

“If somebody can't build a team, if they can't attract talent, that's a clear sign that somebody's probably not capable.”

“I actually think the time to pour the fuel on the fire is when there's unanimity or certainty. Into what it is you're trying to become and that you feel you're on the path to get there.”

“Well, we want to be the biggest company in the entire agriculture industry, and in order to do that, that's hundreds of billions of dollars of market cap that we have to build, either as a private or a public company. So I think in the next five years, I would…”

“One hundred ninety four million dollars we've raised in the last three, four years. That, that to me is like a drop in the bucket of what it probably will ultimately take to become a huge company.”

“A lot of times the reason that people management or others will panic when something bad happens or not be able to deal with the tough environment that a startup may go through or face is because they're worried about the financial side or they're worried abou…”

“By and large, you're better off having the benefit of experience. I mean, if I think about where I was in terms of the experience as I've had when I started FBN versus going back 12, 1314, 15 years to when I was first started a business, I is night and day in …”

“The highest IQ people sometimes, I would almost say outsmart themselves or outthink themselves. They think in terms of arbitrage or hedging their bets or this or that, or they've got 10 things going on. They're not focused on the task at hand.”