Quotes About Entrepreneurship

For missionary entrepreneurs, the dream outcome is to build an 'Internet treasure' - a brand that defines a generation, proves that we are better than our parents, and becomes something we couldn't live without.

Marley Coffee is dedicated to my father's dream to return to the farmlands, to offer our family treasures to the world.

During the early days of HootSuite, when social media was still seen as a fad, I made the decision to treat our funding as if it were my personal bank account. That's not to say I blew it on fast cars and fancy dinners. Exactly the opposite.

I've always treated the music business as a business.

I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important.

I count myself as not only just an artist, not only as a singer, but a business woman. I write my own songs; I write my own video treatments, manage other artists. I write for other artists; it's not just about getting on stage and singing a song.

I used to run around barefoot and climb trees and pick fruit and sell it on the side of the road like a real island girl.

My father's legacy is bigger than a building. It really is a tremendous business that he's built.

We have achieved tremendous success in Ireland and internationally on the strength of our creativity and design skills.

As a kid growing up, one of the brands I thought was tremendous was Karl Kani... and I don't see Karl Kani today. I want to see SheaMoisture tomorrow.

Every successful businessman will have experienced set-backs and failures - they're lying if they say they haven't. Virgin has had some tremendously successful businesses and some that have not quite worked out. Virgin Cola springs to mind - the product wasn't distinct enough from Coca-Cola.

I think Fast Company has a tremendously smart focus and execution.

It helps tremendously to have operating startup experience when advising startups. It is much easier to tell people how to talk to customers, build product, manage an engineering team, raise money from investors, and talk to press when you've done it before yourself.

If you look at most successful startups, they're run by people in their mid to late forties, who've gone through the trenches multiple times and had multiple failures, so they understand.

As every entrepreneur and investor sifts through year-end data to predict the next trend or opportunity for financial success, there is a much easier way to accurately predict the future: hang out with those who are creating it.

I believe whatever smart, ambitious people are working on will be the trend of the future. I do think that it's worth thinking critically about what the future will be.

The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.

As an investor, I'm always scouting for new trends.

A lot of people got a lot of money around Kansas City, Missouri. If we didn't, KC Trends would be out of business.

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

I had a trial run with Norman Ross for 21 years, from '61 to '82. I didn't have it in mind to open a chain like Harvey Norman. I opened one shop, but then the next thing you know, I've got another shop and then another shop.

I started my first company when I was 18 and learned by trial through fire, having no formal education or entrepreneurial experience.

It took me eight years of trial and error to design the machines that would make low-cost pads: just Rs 2 each, compared to those made by the MNCs that are priced anywhere above Rs 6 to Rs 100.

Hobbies may eventually grow into a major activity that brings money