Quotes About Entrepreneurship

The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists, musicians, poets, and writers became great, because they developed the faculty of creative imagination.

It is this - ALL ACHIEVEMENT, ALL EARNED RICHES, HAVE THEIR BEGINNING IN AN IDEA!

If life hands you a lemon, don't complain, but instead make lemonade to sell those who are thirsty from complaining.

O mais fácil teria sido Marshall Field fazer exatamente o que seus companheiros fizeram. Quando a situação era difícil e o futuro parecia desanimador, eles partiram e foram para onde parecia mais fácil. Marque bem essa diferença entre Marshall Field e os outros comerciantes. É a diferença que distingue aqueles que alcançam o sucesso dos que fracassam.

We who are in this race for riches, should be encouraged to know that this changed world in which we live is demanding new ideas, new ways of doing things, new leaders, new inventions, new methods of teaching, new methods of marketing, new books, new literature, new features for the radio, new ideas for moving pictures.

Tolerance, and an open mind are practical necessities of the dreamer of today. Those who are afraid of new ideas are doomed before they start. Never has there been a time more favorable to pioneers than the present. True, there is no wild and woolly west to be conquered, as in the days of the Covered Wagon; but there is a vast business, financial, and industrial world to be remoulded and redirected along new and better lines.

Toda oportunidad de negocio parte de una incapacidad ajena de resolver un problema simple e inevitable

I think when I was on the corporate ladder, it was very difficult to maintain the hours. It's a little easier when you have you're an entrepreneur.

If we create enough new companies, there will be additional opportunities for people at every rung of the educational ladder.

Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.

Before SpaceX, no space company was worth a second meeting.

I think for larger-scale entrepreneurship, it's true - for men and women - that people who already have capital tend to do better.

I come from a hustler mentality.

The 'copy, paste' mentality of some investors and entrepreneurs - be careful of that. Do something that is unique to you, not because someone else's journey is mirroring it.

One of my mentors schooled me on branding before it was a cliche term in the game.

One of my mentors early on was Eli Harari, the founder of SanDisk, who happened to be a friend of my dad's.

I was lucky to have amazing mentors like Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.

When you have a home and create a brand people believe in and want to support, it makes it easier for you to control merchandise and sell it.

As soon as you go into merchandising, everyone nods sagely and says, 'Ah, now we know why you are doing it.'

Great VCs are more than mere investors; they are often seasoned leaders who have built companies themselves.

I look at Boston-based companies all the time... There's certainly great companies in Boston. If the deal makes sense on the merit of the deal itself, we'll go and do the deal.

I love entrepreneurship because that's what makes this country grow, and if I can help companies grow, I am creating jobs; I am setting foundations for future generations. It sends the message that the American Dream is alive and well.

My key message is be innovative, be ambitious; think global and big on day one.

The most common way to grow a business is by overseeing each and every aspect of the company - the 'ground up' method.