If you just go out and try to make money by starting a business, you're going to come up with something that's… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something! What if that idea you have in the back of… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
People always ask me, when I had the idea for TOMS, did it change my life? As romantic and noble as it… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people.… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
It may sound too good to be true, but once you've seen the happiest people in your life who have nothing, you really start… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That's not what we're about. We're about helping people. — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
With TOMS, I found a way to create sustainable giving and consistently help those who are in need. — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends. — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It's a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented you are,… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of an industry… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
The future of TOMS is really creating a whole new business model of this one-for-one giving and expanding the TOMS model from shoes into… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
I always have my journal with me. It was handmade by a guy at the San Telmo market in Buenos Aires. If you go… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all-all the shoes-away. Not just to give them away, but to place them… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
Vogue Magazine does something really interesting here: They make it look like I know exactly what I'm doing. Because Vogue made it look like… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
