Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anne Taintor

Becoming an entrepreneur was the furthest thing from my mind. I actually had an identity crisis when I realized I had become one.

Anita Roddick

We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across.

Anita Roddick

Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.

Robert Kiyosaki

If you aren’t practicing and playing to be first, then maybe you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur.

Robert Kiyosaki

The entrepreneur must be the best salesperson and marketer in his business.

Robert Kiyosaki

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community's well being. If you're dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

Robert Kiyosaki

I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.

Evan Williams

Marketing, when done well, is about story telling.

Kevin Harrington

Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.

Nicholas Sparks

It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!

Mark Victor Hansen

The future will be owned and operated by the entrepreneurial ly minded.

James Hong

Entrepreneurship is not a civilized joust. It is streetfighting.

James Dyson

I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

Mitchell Kapor

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

Publilius Syrus

The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.

Howard Schultz

To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn't, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.

Kevin O'Leary

I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company.

Caterina Fake

Failure is part of discovering the problem you need to be working on. If, as an entrepreneur, you are afraid to fail or to admit the failure of your efforts, then you completely lose any chance at being able to adapt and succeed at finding the problem that needs solving.

Jack Kemp

I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system.

Irving Azoff

You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.

Guy Kawasaki

I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?

Guy Kawasaki

Entrepreneurship is not for everyone.

Guy Kawasaki

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

Guy Kawasaki

For startups, SM is now crucial: it has never been cheaper and easier to reach one's customers. Entrepreneurs should thank God for Twitter, Facebook...

Guy Kawasaki

It doesn't matter whether the Dow is 5000 or 50,000. If you're an entrepreneur, there is no bad time to start a company.

Jeff Bezos

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

Jeff Bezos

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

Seth Godin

We don't become mediocre all at once, and we rarely do it on purpose.

Seth Godin

Dig your well before you're thirsty.

Seth Godin

Plans are great, but missions are better.

Seth Godin

More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation.

Seth Godin

How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?