Quotes About Entrepreneurship

The aviation prizes, such as the Orteig Prize, built the aviation industry into what it is today. The competitors for the aviation prizes captured our imagination and instilled a sense of adventure in all of us which allowed aviation to grow as an industry with the support of the public. The X PRIZE, like the Orteig Prize before it, offers the spark needed to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit necessary to build this new industry and make us a true space-faring civilization.

A good businessman must have nose for business the same way a journalist has nose for news. In places where people see a lot of obstacles, I see a lot of opportunities. A good businessman sees where others don't see.

Entrepreneurs juggle multiple responsibilities every day.

Finance is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when trying to turn your business idea into reality.

Owning a business is a giant step to take.

Social entrepreneurship is about disrupting existing markets that aren't working, and creating new ones to improve the status quo.

Social entrepreneurship is both a huge business opportunity but also an area where we really think we can deliver a lot of impact.

Social entrepreneurship is the road less traveled, but is one of the paths that can lead to the building of hybrid businesses with triple-bottom lines.

Social entrepreneurship takes place when a social value proposition (a solution of some kind) provides wide-scale, lasting systems change for the benefit of society.

Starting a business is one of the most exhilarating, and frightening, things you can do in a lifetime.

The future of social entrepreneurship is no longer about looking up to a select few who have some kind of rare gift for implementing innovative ideas.

The rise of social entrepreneurship gives hope for the future.

To size up your readiness to take the leap into entrepreneurship, there are a number of questions to ask yourself.

Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money.

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

Like most people who own their own businesses, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying.

Without realizing it, I had said goodbye to traditional employment. I never punched a clock again. I made my own time and my own money.

And if you think about it, pretty much everything that made the twentieth century bearable was invented in a California garage: the Apple computer, the Boogie Board, and gangster rap.

And if you think about it, pretty much everything that made the twentieth century bearable was invented in a California garage: the Apple computer, the Boogie Board

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

Running a startup is like being punched in the face repeatedly, but working for a large company is like being waterboarded.

You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible.

Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.