Best Advice from Billionaire Investors for Entrepreneurs (Infographic)

By Catherine Clifford May 09, 2014

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

Everyone’s got advice to give. But everyone is not a billionaire with a successful track record.

Startups.co, a Columbus, Ohio-based angel investor network, pulled together the words of wisdom of legendary billionaire investors — everyone from Warren Buffett to Carl Ichan offers up advice. If you are going to take recommendations on how to plan your business and live your life, that’s a pretty rock solid group of elites to gain insight from. A favorite: “Live in the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny,” said Carlos Slim, the serial entrepreneur and investor whose net worth tops $70 billion.

Related: Self-Made Billionaires Around the Globe: Where and Why They Thrive (Infographic)

For more choice pieces of advice from some of the most successful people in the world, take a look at the infographic below.

Related: The Wild and Crazy Career Paths of 5 Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)

Everyone’s got advice to give. But everyone is not a billionaire with a successful track record.

Startups.co, a Columbus, Ohio-based angel investor network, pulled together the words of wisdom of legendary billionaire investors — everyone from Warren Buffett to Carl Ichan offers up advice. If you are going to take recommendations on how to plan your business and live your life, that’s a pretty rock solid group of elites to gain insight from. A favorite: “Live in the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny,” said Carlos Slim, the serial entrepreneur and investor whose net worth tops $70 billion.

Related: Self-Made Billionaires Around the Globe: Where and Why They Thrive (Infographic)

For more choice pieces of advice from some of the most successful people in the world, take a look at the infographic below.

Related: The Wild and Crazy Career Paths of 5 Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)

The rest of this article is locked.

Join Entrepreneur+ today for access.

Subscribe Now

Already have an account? Sign In

Catherine Clifford

Senior Entrepreneurship Writer at CNBC
Catherine Clifford is senior entrepreneurship writer at CNBC. She was formerly a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com, the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Clifford attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor's degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. You can follow her on Twitter at @CatClifford.

Related Content