When you’re bringing an idea to fruition, there are two distinct phases: the skeptic phase and the evangelist phase. During the first phase, you have to be willing to ask the hardest questions – is this idea worth pursuing? But once you are convinced, you flip a switch. It’s about getting it done. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
When I was 26, I founded Peaceworks as a food company that brought together Israelis, Arabs, Turks, and others in conflict regions to make and sell various food products from the Middle East. That economic cooperation helped bridge divides and cultivate mutual understanding among neighbors. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
The power of the individual, market forces, and the private sector permeate our lives. With that power comes responsibility to address huge challenges. Climate change cannot be solved by governments alone. Xenophobia, hatred, and intolerance – more business leaders have to play a role in trying to be positive leaders, civic leaders. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
Emotional intelligence is a very important skill set, not just to be happier but also to succeed professionally. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
Wall Street sharks will go where they smell the blood, and you cannot change that. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
The ideal time period to get an investment is when you’ve already proved your concept and know what you’re doing, and it’s about adding water to the seeds. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
Russia and China have maintained that people prize stability over freedom and that as long as the central State creates conditions for economic growth, people will be complacent and will be willing to literally sell away their rights. In fact, this very economic growth will eventually catch up with these regimes. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
KIND has gone through many iterations as it deepens its social impact. When you’re selling a million dollars a year, the impact you can have is very different than when you are selling over a billion dollars a year. Scale has allowed us to do things we never thought possible. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
Few times in history do totalitarian or authoritarian regimes successfully repress their people for more than two generations, and zero times in history do these regimes last much longer than that, relatively speaking. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when we engage in hearty conversations with those who are different from us, not necessarily to change our opinions, but to build the empathy muscle. Daniel Lubetzky Read Quote
