Entrepreneur Quotes
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For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.
Jason Calacanis
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I didn't wake up one day and want to become an entrepreneur. I had the idea for Rent the Runway and thought it would be fun to work on and also thought if it was successful, it would make women feel great about themselves.
Jennifer Hyman
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As an entrepreneur, you can have an instinct, and your instinct is right, but your idea you're substantiating that into is wrong, and the world is not ready for it.
Mark Pincus
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You can't be an entrepreneur for other people. You can't start a company for other people. You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn't a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life - but yet, it is so rewarding.
Blake Lively
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Have you ever noticed some people are able to stay organized while getting a massive quantity of work accomplished, while others appear to be busy but never actually produce results? Time management is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Clay Clark
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If your aspirations are not greater than your resources, you’re not an entrepreneur.
C. K. Prahalad
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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.
Daymond John
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I think the soul of an entrepreneur is to keep trying until you find the successful idea.
Sabeer Bhatia
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The market is sovereign and in the magic economy of the small entrepreneur there is no authoritarian center… in the political sphere… the equilibrium of powers prevails, and hence there is no chance of despotism.
C. Wright Mills
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When I bought companies, it was done on trust, on a one-on-one basis, and with the intention of taking care of employees. Today, it's about who can bid the highest. There's no personal interest. It's a different world and one that an entrepreneur like me doesn't like much.
Jon Huntsman, Sr.
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To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.
William Shakespeare
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You may confuse a lot of people when going against the grain of conventional thinking, and that's perfectly okay. As an entrepreneur, standing up for your vision to your family and friends might possibly be the best practice you will get for the life that awaits you.
Lewis Howes
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I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.
Douglas Leone
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There is no such thing as a failed soldier, dead or alive (unless he acted in a cowardly manner)-likewise there is no such thing as a failed entrepreneur or failed scientific researcher ...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Any time we would talk to another VC, our investors would talk him out of it: 'This is not a good company'... So we were really stuck with our existing investors for the next round.
Sabeer Bhatia
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Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs.
Cameron Herold
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An entrepreneur is someone who brings a pattern change.
Bill Drayton
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Once you meet an entrepreneur like Jack Ma, you just want to make sure you bet on him. It's not a hard decision.
Jerry Yang
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Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.
Bernard Arnault
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To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying a local entrepreneur.
Masayoshi Son
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'Entrepreneur 'just denotes that you recognize that you're doing things across disciplines and that you're blazing your own path.
Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.
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My father was a successful entrepreneur.
Charlie Trotter
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The heart of the entrepreneur can beat freely in anyone.
Ciputra
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Because entrepreneurship is so hard and does take so long to build something great, you do have to build an environment that you yourself as an entrepreneur want to work in for the next 20 years.
Jennifer Hyman