Benjamin Cohen Quotes (27 Quotes)

The truth is that most small businesses will not succeed and you need to be emotionally prepared for this.

Lawyers in, as I understand it, at least 11 different states have looked at the actual bill not the talking points but the actual bill and they have said their laws are at risk.

In once sense I still stand by the comments that I made last year about freedom of speech and the right of the individual to access pornography.

The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work.

Even if someone is already in your market space, ask yourself whether you can approach it from a different angle and thereby secure your own customer base.

Initially, the site was favourably reviewed in a leading new media publication and the word spread.

I was carried away with the fact that I, a mere 17 year old had as much experience as anyone else at building an Internet company.

The site really developed organically until it reached the point when I needed to find outside investment to develop it further.

Most of my time, energy and other resources I use to nurture my projects.

The first profile piece on myself came about after my Rabbi sent information to the Jewish Chronicle on what I was up to. The story was then picked up by one of the nationals and things grew from there.

I was stuck at home in bed with me and got more and more involved with the Internet. I used it to keep in contact with friends and to make sure I was up to date with everything that was going on in the world.

At the end of the day I'm pleased with the site I created.

When I look back at the way that I was in that documentary I cringe.

It was then I realised there wasn't really a site out there that catered for the Jewish community in the UK. So I thought I'd create one.

Back then, I could be as obnoxious as I liked and people would still come back for more, they had to, I was Benjamin Cohen, the Dot Com sensation.

I decided that the only way there would be a future was to start to cut back.

And although I like to relax and have fun, my passion is my work.

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice.

I had in effect a user base eager to buy porn but no one to sell it to them.

I've found that in business opportunities will constantly emerge or situations develop that make you revise your plans along the way.

I still manage to spend around 40 hours a week at work but it is a lot more focused on what can make money as opposed to what makes me look good in the papers.

I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one.

I realised the stupidity of what was going on, there was no concentration on key revenue streams, it was all about land grab and not about money.

My parents have been really supportive right from the very beginning.

A world in which others controlled the course of their own development, would be a world in which the American system would be seriously endangered.

On the other hand, always aim to be the best in what you do and give 100%.

I really don't want to be a porn baron.