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6 Business Tips from a $6 Billion-Dollar Man
Tilman Fertitta on what it means to be an entrepreneur in the 21st century
Tilman Fertitta is not your average businessman. He built his first hotel at 26 and bought his first private jet at 35. He always knew he wanted to make it big as a kid. Whether it was mowing somebody’s yard, washing cars or selling lemonade to the construction workers, he started making money really young, and his mindset paid off.
Today, Fertitta owns hotels, casinos and other entertainment venues, mostly through the company he helped launch back in the 80s: Landry’s, Inc. He took the company from a $30 million valuation in the 90s to controlling more than $3.2 billion in assets and running 600 venues. Fertitta also bought the Houston Rockets for $2.2 billion in 2017.
With a net worth of over $6 billion and a spot on the 2021 Forbes 400 list, Tilman Fertitta is definitely good at doing great business. In an interview he gave on Tom Bilyeu’s Youtube show in 2019, he had some great insights on what it means to be an entrepreneur in the 21st century. Here are his best lessons.
1. Take the word “No” out of your vocabulary
“Somebody will order scrambled eggs at 11:02 at the hotel and we’ll tell him: “We don’t serve…
