The World Motivation
We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.
“We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.”
— Jose Andres · Betting
We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.
Without a doubt, one of my favorite American ingredients is blue crabs, a true delicacy! And a great value, I think.
IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions.
When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs.
Ultimately, the issue is not whether you are pro- or anti-sports betting. You begin, from my standpoint, from the premise that it is going to continue to exist, and if it is going to continue to exist, should it be shoved underground, or should it be regulated?
The people who pay my bills, the people I truly affect - not the people who are just betting a couple of dollars on me trying to get rich off my name? Not those people. The true people, that's what I care about.
The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.
My source of income is sports betting. I have some investments also.
Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.