I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
When beginning your entrepreneurial journey, acknowledge that you become a product of the five people you spend the most time with. So choose your company wisely.
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity.The competition's tough, and it requires us to be tougher - tough-minded, never hard hearted.
I think a very good system in a world with a lot of passive investors is one in which there are at least a few entrepreneurial investors, prepared to say what they think, prepared to propose a change in management, change in strategy, change in cost structure, capital structure.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Most people who go into business for themselves and, therefore, believe they are entrepreneurs, are doomed to struggle because they don't have a true Entrepreneurial Perspective. They have a Technician's Perspective.
Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.
All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.
If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.
The most daunting challenges of our times, from climate change to the ageing population, demand an entrepreneurial state unafraid to take a gamble.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Clearly in the eyes of the consumer; the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs.
There is only one boss. The customer.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
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