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 and what has worked and what didn't. — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
As entrepreneurs, we often get pressured into hiring an industry executive. While it's good to hire people with experience, it can also be a stumbling block because they think about the business the same way everyone else does. — 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
