Quotes About Entrepreneurship

I work with tiny companies, so I don't really live in unicorn world, to be honest.

To be honest, the real money is in merchandising and performances.

I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own fish farm. I was also contemplating surfboard building.

You can't be an entrepreneur for other people. You can't start a company for other people. You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn't a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life - but yet, it is so rewarding.

When Kogi started, I was dead broke, selling tacos on the street just to survive.

Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.

One thing I longed to do was to design a complete look, from head to toe, so I started a make-up line in 1966.

My best friend - who I've known since I was 12 - and I started the DIEMON company together.

All the biggest companies are based on a founder who had a need, hacked it together, and said, 'Hey, other people might want this.'

A token is not a short term carrot, nor a stick for that matter. Just having a token doesn't mean that you have a working business model attached with it.

I don't care about money. If I need money, I just make a token.

I'm not the smartest guy you've ever met, or the hardest-working. I was a mediocre student. I'm not technical at all - I can't write a word of code. What sets me apart, I think, is a tolerance for risk and an intuition about what will happen in the future. Seeing where things are headed is the essence of entrepreneurship.

The thing that's confusing for investors is that founders don't know how to be CEO. I didn't know how to do the job when I was a CEO. Founder CEOs don't know how to be CEOs, but it doesn't mean they can't learn. The question is... can the founder learn that job and can they tolerate all mistakes they will make doing it?

To start big projects, you must have the capacity for delusion. All the rational people, despite their brilliance, are too reasonable to start crazy things.

Too many would-be beautiful businesses that could reinvent markets and create substantial value live only in PowerPoint documents, never to be launched.

UNLOCKING YOUR IDEA

so what's your big idea?

Launch!: The Critical 90 Days From Idea to Market (2014).

As a result, I was able to identify a path for not only taking your idea to market but also growing that idea exponentially. The result of that two years' worth of work is the book you hold in your hands.

Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers help support entrepreneurship and retraining.

People create jobs, not the government.

I'd like to make music for a long time, and all different types of music. Maybe I'll start my own label to get other artists off the ground.

Every time I open a new restaurant, I wake up in the middle of the night moaning about bread and water. I dream I am in the middle of the dining room, and I am panicked.