"What an amazing year, what an amazing . . . last two years and what a great six weeks this has been. I'm really excited not only for this year, but also next year. I've already committed my pledge to [AD] Ed Kull and the athletic department and Rick Pitino and the team for next year."
Mike Repole, the billionaire entrepreneur who co-founded and sold beverage giants Glaceau and BodyArmor to Coca-Cola for a combined $9.7 billion, has an unexpected message for aspiring business owners: Don't do it. In an interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.