Quotes About Entrepreneurship

We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business.

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I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven't seen as much innovation.

It is important that New York, in addition to its fashion, and finance, and tourism, and communications infrastructure, also begin developing venture infrastructure that's for real.

I always wanted to open a delicatessen in Jerusalem and call it 'Cheeses of Nazareth'.

I was determined to make Renaissance Man Food Services and Herschel's Famous 34 major players in a very tough industry.

To obtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor, or both, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly basis.

If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know and start charging for it.

I used to be a watchmaker. It was a great job and I made my own hours.

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

The Hispanic community values entrepreneurship and family-owned businesses, and we deserve a leader in Washington who is dedicated to creating an environment where our values, our goals and our dreams of prosperity can become reality.

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Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.

Giselle Chapman was hired by Bristol-Myers Squibb, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies at that time. She became their number one sales representative, and went on to form her own consulting company.

You do have to try, learn, and improve. You do have to put yourself out there and risk failure. But in this new world, you don't have to go bankrupt if you fail because you can fail small. You can innovate as a hobby. Imagine that: a nation of innovation hobbyists working to make their lives more meaningful and the world a better place. Welcome to the maker revolution.

Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door.

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.

It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the scene and hoping that it works.

Business is the most exciting game.

You can mythologize Steve Jobs, but really in the end, he was a kid from the Valley, with his funny little friends, and they made something. That's all he was.

I sat in a garage and invented the future.