Trump shared this advice as one of his core business principles, emphasizing the balance between vision and execution. It reflected his experience as a real estate developer where grand architectural ambitions mean nothing if the construction details are wrong. The speech was delivered at Wagner College on Staten Island, a campus Trump had a personal connection to — his father had owned an apartment building on nearby Grymes Hill, and young Donald used to collect coins from the washing machines with his father on Saturdays. He called the Wagner campus 'one of the most beautiful campuses anywhere in the United States,' grounding his big-picture business advice in small, personal memories.