Entrepreneur Quotes
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He was a man too busy to flush toilets.
Mona Simpson
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When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it's very powerful.
Brad Feld
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I'm not calling for redistributing wealth; I'm calling for reinvigorating our stuck energy sector, so some new entrepreneurs can create some new wealth.
Van Jones
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It takes courage to be an entrepreneur.
Adam Neumann
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Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business.
Peter Diamandis
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I think going public should not be a goal and the more that we make it a goal, the less it will be a goal. It's kind of like, I have three young children and when I tell them to eat vegetables, the last thing they will ever do is eat vegetables. I think it's just this weird thing where entrepreneurs have a reflexive negative reaction when people are pushing for it. I think you have to view going public for what it is, which is a transitional moment where you can consolidate mindshare and win at an even larger scale.
Chamath Palihapitiya
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Superior quality is a prerequisite to entering the game. By definition, an entrepreneur is undercapitalized relative to the status quo. Therefore, if you enter a product that is either at parity with the leaders, or not as good, you won't even get to the starting line.
Gary Hirshberg
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The key role of entrepreneurs, like the most crucial role of scientists, is not to fill in the gaps in an existing market or theory, but to generate entirely new markets or theories. . .They stand before a canvas as empty as any painter's; a page as blank as any poet's.
George Gilder
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The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Nolan Bushnell
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You know, being an entrepreneur is super hard work, and if you're not passionate about what you're doing, you're probably not going to succeed.
Jeff Raikes
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As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.
Daymond John
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Life is about perspective and I have a different perspective from most. I am not trying to be in Hip Hop at 43 and looking like an old man. I always enjoyed business and my independence. I am an Entrepreneur.
Damon Dash
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I think the reality is that it's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, it's never been a better time to work at a startup. You work at a really intellectually free environment, you get to work with people who are like-minded, it's very energetic. It's wonderful.
Chamath Palihapitiya
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As an entrepreneur you have responsibilities in trying to operate well in what you have to do. There is a positive effect if you end up doing that. That’s where I try to spend most of my efforts.
John Elkann
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Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they don't know they don't know.
Vinod Khosla
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Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.
Ratan Tata
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An entrepreneur is someone that steals office supplies from home and brings them to work.
Auren Hoffman
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"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.
William Gibson
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Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.
Simon Sinek
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Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.
Vinod Khosla
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I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.
Kevin O'Leary
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As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever.
Niklas Zennstrom
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Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.
Arthur Erickson
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Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.
Tom Allen