Quotes About Entrepreneurship

I actually find it's more interesting to play in the niches and find ways to apply technology to relatively straightforward problems.

What's a killer app? There's no standard definition, but basically it's an excellent new idea that either supersedes an existing idea or establishes a new category in its field. It soon becomes so popular that it devastates the original business model.)

It's the same old story," he would say, years later; "the inventor gets the experience, and the capitalist gets the invention.

What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?" or "What is a great company no one has started?" I will

think of problems as gold mines. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.

As a builder, as an entrepreneur, how can you create something for someone else if you don't have even enough glancing familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes?

A veces también puedes convertir algo del montón en un producto estrella inventando una categoría nueva.

D: To reach the big pay-off, whether IPO, acquisition, retirement, or other pot of gold. NR: To think big but ensure payday comes every day: cash flow first, big payday second.

Peter ha escrito en otro lugar: «El próximo Bill Gates no creará un sistema operativo. El próximo Larry Page o Serguéi Brin no hará un buscador de internet. Y el próximo Mark Zuckerberg no creará una red social. Si copias a estos tipos, no estás aprendiendo nada de ellos».

Ser un emprendedor es estar dispuesto a hacer un trabajo que nadie más quiere hacer [para] poder vivir el resto de tu vida haciendo lo que quieras hacer.»

Normalmente nunca quieres formar parte de una tendencia popular. No quieres ser la cuarta empresa que vende comida para mascotas por internet a finales de la década de 1990. No quieres ser la decimosegunda empresa de paneles solares de la última década. Y no quieres ser la enésima empresa de ninguna tendencia en particular.

Okay, if we do X today, what does that result in tomorrow, a year from now, ten years from now?' The metaphor I think of the most—because it's simple—is the dog chasing the car. What does the dog do if he catches the car? He doesn't have a plan for it. So I find it just as often on the entrepreneurial side. People don't plan for success.

Jay Abraham is one of Daymond John's (page 323) mentors and the author of Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got, which is one of Ramit's most-gifted books. I often recommend Jay's work to people who ask about how to structure "JVs," or joint ventures.

La cuestión del monopolio: ¿Empiezas con una parte grande de un mercado pequeño? La cuestión del secreto: ¿Has identificado una oportunidad única que los demás no ven? La cuestión de la distribución: ¿Tienes alguna manera no sólo de fabricar sino también de distribuir tu producto?

To be a successful creator, you don't need millions. You don't need millions of dollars or millions of customers, clients, or fans. To make a living as a craftsperson, photographer, musician, designer, author, animator, app maker, entrepreneur, or inventor you need only 1,000 true fans.

If you go out there and start making noise and making sales, people will find you. Sales cure all. You can talk about how great your business plan is and how well you are going to do. You can make up your own opinions, but you cannot make up your own facts. Sales cure all.

A qué problema te enfrentas a diario que aún no ha sido resuelto?» o «Dime un negocio fantástico que aún no haya sido creado por nadie».

buscar un mercado antes de idear un producto es más inteligente que lo contrario.

NR: To be neither the boss nor the employee, but the owner. To own the trains and have someone else ensure they run on time.

Hay siete preguntas que Peter recomienda que se formulen a sí mismos todos los fundadores de startups. Consulta su obra De cero a uno

finding a market before designing a product is smarter than the reverse.

Other recession-born babies include Monopoly, Apple, Clif Bar, Scrabble, KFC, Domino's Pizza, FedEx, and Microsoft. This is no coincidence, as economic downturns produce discounted infrastructure, outstanding freelancers at bargain prices, and rock-bottom advertising deals—all impossible when everyone is optimistic.

100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company magazine.

Timothy Ferriss