Kevin Plank
Kevin Plank
Kevin A. Plankis an American businessman, CEO and founder of Under Armour, a manufacturer of sports performance apparel, footwear and accessories, based in Baltimore...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 August 1972
CountryUnited States of America
ideas entrepreneur tough
Where can we take no the product, but the idea?
real kids guy
My first real business was bootlegging T-shirts - I was just a dumb kid. You go to a concert and pay $25 for a cotton T-shirt that says 'Rolling Stones,' 'Lollapalooza,' or whatever. On the outside they're 10 or 15 bucks. We were the guys selling them for 10 or 15 bucks.
morning thinking two
I wake up in the morning and I think about one brand. I don't have enough time to wake up twice and think about two.
passion fire people
It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.
sports shoes void
The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.
motivation passion focus
Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.
positive-thinking small-business bigs
I'm a big advocate of the power of positive thinking, particularly for small businesses.
mother self entrepreneur
Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point.
jobs stories boots
Great brands are like great stories. And every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And our job is to make sure that every chapter of our stories makes sense to the one in front of it and make sense to the one after it. There is no such thing as an overnight success. You have to get up and put your work boots on every single day.
done want bigs
When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'
ideas theory brands
Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.
want way firsts
One of our first customers asked me how big we want to be. I said I want to be really big. Later, it bothered me that I answered that way. Now I say I just want to be a great company.
inspiration mean years
There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.