Kevin, America, good to see you.

You're a friend, you're a friend.

That's it.

I'm always going to be with you.

America knows you as kind of a tough guy, right?

Entrepreneur, guy who's made a lot of money.

I'm fortunate enough to be your friend, and I know you have a good heart.

That's why you've really helped out a lot of entrepreneurs.

Why have you made such a mission in your life to help other people?

You know, I was taught years ago about my mother that if you always tell the truth, you

never have to remember what you said.

And her thesis was that sometimes the truth is really hard, and when it comes to entrepreneurship

and business, and particularly the heat I get for being the mean shark, I know that.

But I'm the only one that tells the truth, because I think it's very disingenuous to tell

somebody who's burning up their family's wealth on a bad idea to keep going, even though

you have no intention of funding them, which is what the other sharks do.

They just don't want to feel bad for themselves or for that person.

And you tell them to go out behind the barn and shoot it, because it's a bad idea.

Entrepreneurship is not a destination.

It's a journey, and you're going to have a bunch of failures in your life you know

this well.

And I think you learn from those mistakes.

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