Business Owners Quotes - Page 5

In addition to being a nurse, I'm also a small business owner and I taught at a local community college. I'm also a proud mother of three and grandmother of six - all of them wonderful.

Diane Black

Mother, College, Nurse

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After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be chugging along at a pretty good clip. But, it just isn't so, and the light at the end of the tunnel is pretty dim. Just ask a small business owner.

Bob Beauprez

Thinking, Tunnels, Light

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We need to repeal and replace Dodd-Frank act. We need to make America fair again for all businesses, but especially those being run by small business owners.

Marco Rubio

Running, America, Dodd Frank

Source: www.cbsnews.com

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The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner.

Robert Kiyosaki

Inspirational, Thinking, Numbers

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Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.

Jeff Landry

Jobs, Oil, Example

"Landry takes on fellow incumbent" by Adam Snider, www.politico.com. May 14, 2012.

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Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners.

Ruben Hinojosa

Government, Entrepreneur, Priorities

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Eliminating the death tax is particularly important for the many small business owners and family farmers that call Central Washington home.

Doc Hastings

Home, Important, Small Business

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It's astonishing how many business owners are terrified of selling. Salespeople who see the most people a day are the highest paid regardless of the economy.

Brian Tracy

People, Economy, Selling

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Senate Bill 1062 does not address a specific or present concern related to religious liberty in Arizona. I have not heard one example in Arizona where a business owner’s religious liberty has been violated. The bill was broadly worded - and could result in unintended and negative consequences. After weighing all the arguments I have vetoed Senate Bill 1062 moments ago.

Jan Brewer

Religious, Gay, Liberty

"Jan Brewer: 'So Is Nondiscrimination'" by Hendrik Hertzberg, www.newyorker.com. February 27, 2014.

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Youve got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts.

Jon Tester

School, Kids, Small Business

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Business owners are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an owner away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them.

Jean Baudrillard

Running, Talking, Decision

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A 2001 survey of business owners with MBAs conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology found that money was the primary motivator for only 29% of women, versus 76% of men. Women prioritized flexibility, fulfillment, autonomy and safety.

Warren Farrell

Technology, Men, Mba

"Are Women Earning More Than Men?". www.forbes.com. May 12, 2006.

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The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. Its a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing.

Matt Mickiewicz

Choices, Risk, Designer

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When employees unite, they form a union but when business owners unite, they form a team.

Robert Kiyosaki

Team, Unions, Form

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To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.

Robert Kiyosaki

Money, Inspiration, Successful

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Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship.

John Shadegg

Strong, Needs, Guests

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To obtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor, or both, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly basis.

Robert Kiyosaki

Income, Financial, Owners

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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base

Gavin Newsom

Book, Pressure, Small Business

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Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.

Andrew Mason

Cutting, Hair, Mba

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It's far more difficult being a small-business owner starting a business than it is for me with thousands of people working for us and 400 companies. Building a business from scratch is 24 hours, 7 days a week, divorces, it's difficult to hold your family life together, it's bloody hard work and only one word really matters - and that's surviving.

Richard Branson

Divorce, Hard Work, People

"Richard Branson on Being Richard Branson". Interview with Rod Kurtz, www.entrepreneur.com. December 17, 2012.

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As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.

Brian Tracy

Mistake, Wrong Person, Owners

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There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.

Eric Ries

Country, Jobs, America

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