Simon Sinek Quotes
I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.
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I find it difficult to turn down an entrepreneur who's both passionate and knowledgeable about their space.
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How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
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Hip-hop was started on groups.
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No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.
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For an entrepreneur with 'improbable' and 'impossible' dreams, the alleged stability that comes from getting 'a real job' is nothing but a sign of slavery.
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I've always enjoyed shopping and loved fashion, but my interest as an entrepreneur was definitely more about the opportunities I saw to change the future of retail. My sister was a buyer in New York, and she knew my body and my style, and she could find me things I loved. I thought, 'What if everybody had access to this kind of experience?'
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What I've learned in my career is that it takes the same amount of effort to build a $10bn company as it does a $1bn company; you as the entrepreneur are going to put your entire life, your entire effort into it.
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The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also an investor and entrepreneur.
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I think of Chicago as a great entrepreneur city, a city that supports its own, that isn't as jaded as New York and L.A.
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I'm an entrepreneur. 'Ambitious' is my middle name.
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A lesson learned, both in the SEAL teams and as an entrepreneur, is that failure is sometimes a critical component of success.
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We listen to the entrepreneur. We try to have a fine tuning fork to understand what they are saying and whether that makes sense and know it when we see it. We don't try to do too much predicting.
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An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge.
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An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.
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When it comes to brands and having the opportunity to be an entrepreneur, social media has really become a great outlet for people to become their own boss.
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Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' - to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.
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I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.
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When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that's why I can't eat it. Simple as that.
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I've realized how little sleep I actually need.
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Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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I have the whole costume from Playboy's sixtieth-anniversary cover shoot.
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I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.
