Successful entrepreneur, Shark investor, best-selling author and real estate giant ­– Barbara Corcoran is nothing short of extraordinary. She's an inspiration to countless entrepreneurs, male and female, and dishes out advice she learned the hard way. She is recognized as the first female on Shark Tank based on her credentials as the woman who turned a $1,000 loan from her boyfriend into a billion dollar empire. She turned a small real estate venture into a multimillion dollar industry in Manhattan, and has come a long way from humble beginnings. Corcoran is also a sought-after key note lecturer and subject matter expert. Here are some of her most quoted pieces of advice for entrepreneurs!

1. “All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.”