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Best Advice from Billionaire Investors for Entrepreneurs (Infographic) Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim, Carl Ichan, George Soros and a handful of other billionaires give their best advice for startups.

By Catherine Clifford

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Everyone's got advice to give. But everyone is not a billionaire with a successful track record.

Startups.co, a Columbus, Ohio-based angel investor network, pulled together the words of wisdom of legendary billionaire investors -- everyone from Warren Buffett to Carl Ichan offers up advice. If you are going to take recommendations on how to plan your business and live your life, that's a pretty rock solid group of elites to gain insight from. A favorite: "Live in the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny," said Carlos Slim, the serial entrepreneur and investor whose net worth tops $70 billion.

Related: Self-Made Billionaires Around the Globe: Where and Why They Thrive (Infographic)

For more choice pieces of advice from some of the most successful people in the world, take a look at the infographic below.

Related: The Wild and Crazy Career Paths of 5 Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)

Catherine Clifford

Senior Entrepreneurship Writer at CNBC

Catherine Clifford is senior entrepreneurship writer at CNBC. She was formerly a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com, the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Clifford attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor's degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. You can follow her on Twitter at @CatClifford.

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