Quotes on Starting A Business

Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.

The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Entrepreneursh ip is a great leveller, since having the benefit of a wealthy background or a generous investor isn't always an advantage. The wonderful thing is that money is not the sole currency when it comes to starting a business; drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

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.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it.

All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.