Quotes About Entrepreneurship

There are a couple things that I could be doing, maybe owning a coffee shop or work in construction, building houses back in Nashville or British Columbia. I've also thought about being a property owner which would give me income and allow me to fix and maintain those properties to keep me busy.

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over.

Had I wanted, I could have set up my own company, secured funding, and made money. That proposition, however, does not excite me, since it would be a very self-centric goal.

Giving customers and prospects a glimpse into the entrepreneur's life and mindset can allow them to cultivate a deeper relationship with customers separately from the brand.

I am interested in a constructive approach, which looks at how wealth can be created using bright ideas that will help India prosper.

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

A lot of my business is about protecting creativity.

Once you understand business models you can then start prototyping business models just like you prototype products.

Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.

I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.

I spent much of my life dying for somebody to help me even file for a patent or make a prototype. I understand that.

We want Facebook to be one of the best places people can go to learn how to build stuff. If you want to build a company, nothing better than jumping in and trying to build one. But Facebook is also great for entrepreneurs/hackers. If people want to come for a few years and move on and build something great, that's something we're proud of.

Prove to yourself that your business, in micro-scale at least, creates value. If you believe it, you'll find it that much easier to convince potential investors, partners and employees, too.

I want to prove to people that every single business can be reinvented and fixed. And I want to prove to myself that I'm good at it.

Why give a million dollars to someone if they have not proved that they can make a million dollars?

History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a better environment for start-ups to grow.

In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments.

And, naturally, the city caught the contagious air of entre - the working girls, poor ugly souls, wrapping soap in the factories and showing finery in the big stores, dreamed that perhaps in the spectacular excitement of this winter they might obtain for themselves the coveted male - as in a muddled carnival crowd an inefficient pickpocket may consider his chances increased.

Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are far more important symbols than any politician today, and they occupy the space that iconic political figures did in earlier eras.

I always saw myself working for the family business.

From the time I was in elementary school, I wanted to work in the family business.

What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it.