Entrepreneurial Quotes

• Success should stem from entrepreneurial creativity, not political connectivity.

  Foster Friess

  Creativity, Political, Should

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• Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Business, Entrepreneur, Lasts

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• Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Dream, Entrepreneur, Important

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  There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

  Sam Walton

  Inspirational, Money, Business

  "2010 BPM and Workflow Handbook" by Layna Fischer, Future Strategies Inc., (p. 178), 2010.

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• My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

  Ted Turner

  Success, Jobs, Business

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• Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Investing Money, Investment Success

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.26, Random House

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Sports

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

  "Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward". Book by Jeffrey S. Young, 1988.

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• Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.

  Sean Parker

  Running, Business, Starting Up

  "Sean Parker: 'Now Is The Most Toxic Time Ever In Silicon Valley'" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. October 02, 2012.

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• Someday is a dis-ease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

  Tim Ferriss

  Dream, Entrepreneur, Ease

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspiration, Winning, Entrepreneur

  Mark Cuban (2011). “How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”, p.43, Diversion Books

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• If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.

  Reid Hoffman

  Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Too Late

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• There is only one boss. The customer.

  Sam Walton

  Business, Loyal Customers, Boss

  "2010 BPM and Workflow Handbook" by Layna Fischer, Future Strategies Inc., (p. 178), 2010.

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• If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Perseverance, Determination, Kings

  "When King made history at UChicago" by Susie Allen and Michael Drapa, www.uchicago.edu. January 9, 2012.

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• Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

  Conrad Hilton

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

  Paul Rand

  Inspiring, Business, Inspiration

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• I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

  Jay-Z

  Success, Young Entrepreneurs, Dying

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.298, Random House Group

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• Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.

  Caterina Fake

  Business, Entrepreneur, Design

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• You're generally better off sticking with what you know.

  Donald Trump

  Investing Money, Entrepreneur, Financial

  "10 Things I Learned About Donald Trump in ‘The Art of the Deal’" by Josh Barro, www.nytimes.com. September 22, 2015.

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• An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.

  Paul Gillmor

  Block, Growth, Citizens

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• The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.

  Richard Branson

  Important, Venture, Ability

  Twitter post from Aug 5, 2010

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• Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Expression, Entrepreneur, Profit

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2011). “The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle”, p.153, Transaction Publishers

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• The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.

  Harold Geneen

  Success, Business, Congratulations

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• I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Excerpts from an Oral History Interview with Daniel Morrow: "Advice for Future Entrepreneurs", americanhistory.si.edu. April 20, 1995.

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