Quotes About Entrepreneurship

When I set up my first restaurant, I was so inspired by Wolfgang Puck, who is also based in L.A. and is now a good friend of mine, and the way he would engage with his customers and greet them personally.

There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.

If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit.

Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does.

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.

We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.

I wasn't a good school pupil. I was interested in business.

Watching a company develop is like watching a puppy grow. When you can watch something grow that you created - it's really an amazing feeling.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

The IPO is no exit for the entrepreneur; it's the start of purgatory.

Many entrepreneurs embrace profit-making and charitable purposes. Companies such as shoes seller Toms and eyeglass firm Warby Parker sell products at a profit with a pledge to devote part of their earnings to the needy. The number of for-profit businesses with a built-in charitable dimension has proliferated.

I was greatly inspired by my late father, who was a well-known name in the brewing industry. It was he who encouraged me to take the road less traversed and gave me the confidence to pursue my path of entrepreneurship.

Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies that encourage households to save, existing businesses to invest, and entrepreneurs to innovate and create new markets.

From the start, ProFounder was created to make sure anyone could be empowered to pursue their dreams through entrepreneurship.

That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.

I started attending community college when I was 14 or 15, just doing general education stuff like history and mathematics. Then I went on to California State University Long Beach to pursue a degree in journalism. And then I ended up dropping out to found Oculus.

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business.

We are single-mindedly focused on partnering with the best innovators pursuing the biggest markets.

Im passionate about getting The Dube out there. Once its just kicked that door down, The Dube will take off, and I wont stop, Ill keep pursuing it. I know theres a market for it.

As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.

A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality.

InMobi is passionate about pushing the limits of business and mobile technology.

I really want to start pushing my merchandise. I want to design something clothing-wise one day. I think that would be really sick.

I've always been pushy as far as the business goes.