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Barbara Corcoran

Founder of The Corcoran Group

Company The Corcoran Group ↗

u/barbaracorcoran ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

Her 2015 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 20 comments from u/barbaracorcoran, all from 2015, most often in r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Barbara Corcoran of ABC’s Shark Tank. Prior to Shark Tank I achieved impressive straight Ds in High School before turning a $1000 loan into The Corcoran Group. Ask me anything!”

At face-value, does having immense wealth truly make life better day-to-day?

u/barbaracorcoran replied

Wealth complicates things. I’m not really sure who my real friends are now… and so I keep my original circle small. When I cashed out on my business, everybody I knew suddenly had a $10,000 problem.

But I’m not giving the money back.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Barbara Corcoran of ABC’s Shark Tank. Prior to Shark Tank I achieved impressive straight Ds in High School before turning a $1000 loan into The Corcoran Group. Ask me anything!”

How were you able to go from straight D's to being successful?

u/barbaracorcoran replied

The great thing about being a stupid student, is you have the whole damn day to day dream. And day dreaming, about who you want to be, is a heck of a lot more useful than a rock-solid business plan.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Barbara Corcoran of ABC’s Shark Tank. Prior to Shark Tank I achieved impressive straight Ds in High School before turning a $1000 loan into The Corcoran Group. Ask me anything!”

What is the biggest mistake you see small businesses making? What advice would you give to avoid this mistake?

u/barbaracorcoran replied

Pissing away money on patents and PR. The right dance steps are: 1) make the product 2) get some sales 3) make the big guys envy you and only then get a patent. But what gets in the way of…

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Pissing away money on patents and PR. The right dance steps are: 1) make the product 2) get some sales 3) make the big guys envy you and only then get a patent.

But what gets in the way of all young business is self-doubt. The little poisonous voice inside all of us that whispers “don’t go there. You can’t do it. Don’t take the chance.” It took me 20 years to kill that voice and set myself free.