Entrepreneur Quotes
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All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.
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If the investors themselves are not sophisticated, if they themselves are not putting a lot of their own money to work, if they themselves don't understand the continuum of capital and how different parts of the capital structures react differently, then they're basically worthless. They're not going to give great advice to these entrepreneurs who then need it. So that is unfortunately the cycle we're in and we have to break the cycle.
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I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life.
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I know that I'm not perfect. While we all have our prejudices and bigotries, we have to learn that it's an issue that we have to control, that it's part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road.
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"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.
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I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son.
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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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Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.
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A social entrepreneur finds market-based solutions for change. Because without a market-based solution, without a sustainable solution, you go nowhere.
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It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur.
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The key to being a good manager or a good entrepreneur is to pick the right people. Pick the right people, and they'll make you look good.
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In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.
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I don't want to be known as a serial entrepreneur. I like doing one thing at a time and making sure that gets my full attention until it's well established. I enjoy the initial years of a company because they are the most dynamic, and that is when I can give the best of myself.
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I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.
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People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.
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There now ensued a series of incidents which transported me to the opposite extremes of ecstasy and horror; incidents which I tremble to recall and dare not seek to interpret.
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Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.
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What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up, and remake the world for the better.
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I'm an engineer turned entrepreneur who's passionate about connection.
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I could probably say one thing that I'm excited about is I definitely wanna be an entrepreneur and be a humanitarian and that stuff.
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Your biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is not concealing your idea from others or keeping your idea a secret, it is actually convincing people that you're not crazy and that you can pull this off.
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You have got to be willing to be poor as an entrepreneur.
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Generally speaking, experience counts for something. So you'd expect entrepreneurs who've been through the ups and downs of a tech startup to have an advantage over the newcomers. Or at least have an equal chance at success. But in fact the opposite may be true. A number of venture capitalists I've spoken with have said that too many "old guard" entrepreneurs are not being bold enough in their business decisions, and it's hurting their startups.
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I'm just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.
