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Quotes by Entrepreneur
"Great things take time. Keep going."
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"Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius."
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"I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."
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"I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."
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"Success happens when you refuse to give up."
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"We're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."
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"There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions."
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"The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb."
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"There's been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it."
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"Build a valuable brand by branding what is valuable about you."
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"Capitalize on charm by continually captivating your customer."
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"Corporate & personal branding both require storytelling to be captivating. Stories provide context, meaning & the opportunity for relationship."
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"Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99."
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"If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy."
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"My greatest expectation is that I expect more of myself than anyone could expect."
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"Good designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures."
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"A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy."
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"Contributors and distributors tend to do better at personal branding than takers and fakers."
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"Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation."
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"Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start."
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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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"Metal business cards are a good investment. Especially if you were to meet Magneto. He would have no other choice but to be attracted to you."
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"Those without passion are often passed and shunned."
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"Legacy accounting: Will you have been an asset or a liability on the world's balance sheet?"
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"A personal brand, once local and temporal, is now global and forever. That's the blessing and the curse of the internet with regards to your reputation."
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"I'm friends with a guy who is friends with a former Playboy model. So I guess you could say I'm 1 degree away from 212 degrees."
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"Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done."
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"You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place."
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"Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars."
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"My best ideas come in the shower, where I'm showered with water, but also ideas."
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"The risk of starting a business is more than worth the reward."
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"Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you're trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right."
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"If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things."
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"Let's form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we'll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct."
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"Create lightning bolt ideas during brainstorms by causing disturbances in your atmosphere."
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"A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably under a restraining order."
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"Look yourself in the eyes in a mirror each day. You can ignore the small voice still inside you, but your reflection will always have something to say."
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"Creation pulls something from an abyss of nothing. Startups take the something and give it to those in the dark, at first, perhaps, for nothing."
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"Not only should we encourage kids to daydream, but also to jump-in and build those dreams. Dreaming is largely lost among adults drowning in self-imposed realities."
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"A degree helps to a degree, but your work is largely what you create it to be."
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"Imagine our imaginations were limited only to the limitless. Still, it wouldn't matter without a motivation to move."
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"The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere."
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"The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with."
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"I'm considering writing a self-help book and giving people 20 cents to read it. This way, I can be sure they all get new paradigms."
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"Fortune follows those who can create ideas by connecting old ones. Strong personal brands are created when connection and creation connect."
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