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Entrepreneurship Quotes
"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss."
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"What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?"
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"I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us."
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"What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?"
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"My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache."
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"I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done."
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"DOOR MONEY To focus on door money means one is paying so much attention to the amount of money they are making at the door they do not consider there is much more profit to be made inside a venue."
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"The fact that you have started a small business doesn't mean you should be thinking small. Think BIG! Start Small! Expand your territories!"
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"When life hands you lemons, why stop at lemonade? Create an entire product line."
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"In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'"
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"The key to unlock your entrepreneurial spirit is your imagination."
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"Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want."
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"Any family without an entrepreneur has a limited hope."
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"Everyone has a business idea. But few have a team... and very few a vision."
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"Business ideas are like those flying dragons in Avatar. First you have to find one, let it choose you, then be brave enough to ride it."
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"Youngsters want to change world. Elders want to enjoy their works.The entrepreneur sells anything needed by both to win their desires."
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"Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice."
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"Entrepreneurship is not a title, it is a mindset, a way of life; it is the future!"
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"Entrepreneurs persevere until it pays off. One good day can make up for an entire month, and one good month can make up for an entire year. Don't give up. The isn't over 'till it's over!"
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"Do not waste your life, in search for a job. Use your special gifts to create work for yourself."
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"Starting and profitably running a business is not just some achievement, it is heroism."
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"An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep."
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"Employment deprives you of innovations."
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"We all have the DNA of an entrepreneur.Some are building their own dreams.While most are building other people's dreams. Entrepreneurs are Dream Builders. Are you building yours?"
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"Do not waste your time and life, searching for a job. Utilize your special skills to begin your own work."
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"In business, sport, entertainment and beyond an idea is worth next to nothing. The energy, effort, passion, talent, tenacity, strategy, resilience and resourcefulness to see it through and make something of it is worth everything."
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"Start lifting your brand off the ground with an excelling mentality becoming best at what you do. You can't afford to be an average person although you may have begun from a level below average."
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"Self-employed people work where they live. Entrepreneurs live where they work."
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"Your dreams can earn you money and provision when you don't only have fans, but customers."
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"If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE business don't overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, service, value and sales. Comparatively, everything else is froth."
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"Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start."
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"Convert your fans into your customers by adding value to what you do."
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"Being an entrepreneur is like being a pirate. Go for the booty and discover new, uncharted lands."
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"If you keep your eye on the profit, you're going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow."
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"People have come to the erroneous conclusion that if they're not willing to start something separate, world-changing, and risky, they have no business starting anything. Somehow, we've fooled ourselves into believing that the project has to have a name, a building, and a stock ticker symbol to matter."
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"Entrepreneurship is not a career choice, its a way of life!"
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"Entrepreneurs see what others can't, do what others won't, and accomplish what others dream."
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"Entrepreneurs don't ask for permission. They act per a mission."
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"We are all not called to be entrepreneurs but we can all be enterprising in our chosen fields."
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"The one thing all entrepreneurs have in common is that they started. The one thing everyone else has in common is that they haven't."
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"Growth-oriented performance demands sustained entrepreneurial efforts."
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"Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit."
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"Jean-Baptiste Say may have coined the term 'entrepreneur' but he totally missed the opportunity to put it on a t-shirt and sell it."
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"Entrepreneurship is a scary city! NO water - dig wells, NO food - plant trees, NO family - build one, NO identity - prove yourself."
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"Make no mistake: if you want to make it as an entrepreneur, you simply can't do it on your own. This is a nonnegotiable!"
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