Jason Navallo > Quotes

“In October 2014, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and raised $25 billion, marking it as the largest IPO in history. Alibaba is also one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the world.”
― Jason Navallo, Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories

“Growing up, Richard performed poorly in school, being severely dyslexic, and could barely read by the age of eight. He developed an interest in sports and business from inheriting his mother’s entrepreneurial spirit.”
― Jason Navallo, Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories

“Oprah spent the first six years of her life in rural poverty with her maternal grandmother. Her family was so poor that Oprah wore dresses made of potato sacks,”
― Jason Navallo, Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories

“Adversity pushes you to keep moving forward.”
― Jason Navallo, Never Give Up

“Our society has changed greatly in the last 50 years, and workers with college degrees are no longer in short supply. Knowledge gained by formal education, while important, is not superior to knowledge gained by any other means.”
― Jason Navallo, Never Give Up

“Fast forward to 2014, and Wal-Mart has over $480 billion in sales and employs more than 2.2 million people that serve more than 200 million customers each week at more than 11,000 retail stores in 27 countries worldwide.”
― Jason Navallo, Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories

“if you can’t do it all, do what you can,”
― Jason Navallo, Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories

“Above all else, steady, productive, unrelenting perseverance. Just be “The Terminator” – never stop, never give up, never relent.”
― Jason Navallo, Never Give Up