Quotes About Entrepreneurship

I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.

I was fortunate enough to set myself up financially and do business things.

No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.

We're so used to financing things on our own that we always have a plan in place to sort of scale our ideas.

I just have to sell enough records to continue financing making more records.

It takes great salesmanship to convince a customer to buy something from you that isn't built or isn't finished.

Instead of being a teacher, I got a job with a company called Bain & Co., consulting firm, and they taught me how to build businesses.

The biggest mistake I've seen people make with their careers is, when they're good, after two or three years - and they happen to be smart - they announce that they're going out to start their own firm.

I'm a firm believer in the circle of commerce.

I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24.

I am a businessman because I am good at business. But big cats are my first love.

First of all, how could I be broke, and I got all these companies?

I know first-hand how hard it is to start a business. Those first few years are rough.

Starting a company is rough. It's even harder when you're young - I know this firsthand, because my first company flopped when I was 25.

Once you're an entrepreneur you're always an entrepreneur, and you need that fix.

I always said whoever brings Mexican food to New York would make a million dollars. Then Chipotle happened, which is fine.

We like to get money. Whoever wants to work with us and make some money, let's do it.

You know what makes me want to cry? I think, whoever the next Facebook is, why would you ever start that company here in the United States?

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself.

There's no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there's such an incredible well of talent and capital and resources. The whole system is set up to foster the creation of new companies.

I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.

From an early age, my initiative took many forms - teaching myself magic so I could do magic shows, buying wholesale goods and then selling them to other kids, learning many languages.

At 16, I started a web development business and had clients from the Netherlands, Caribbean, and across the country - none of whom knew my age because I could conduct all my business with a phone, scanner, and the Internet.

If I were to pick the life of someone whom I professionally mimic in many ways, it would be Howard Hughes, surprisingly.