15 Successful Entrepreneurs Share The Best Advice They Ever Got

Building a successful business from the ground up isn't easy, and no one does it alone.

For the entrepreneurs who make it, the difference between giving up and persisting through the toughest times can be getting advice from people who have done it before - and being smart enough to listen.

From billionaire Mark Cuban's dad telling him that there are no shortcuts to Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's realization that people actually enjoy helping others, we asked 15 successful entrepreneurs to share the best advice they ever got, discovering the lessons that stick with them to this day.

Max Nisen contributed to an earlier version of this article.