top of page
.png){kind=small}
Quotes by Entrepreneur
"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."
30
"People are more comfortable learning about wine because now they can just Google, you know, 'Soave,' and say, 'Oh, O.K., cool'."
29
"Dreams don't work unless you do."
29
"You want to be a good person, but sometimes you need to have the courage to be ruthless."
29
"Rebels revel in rewriting reality's restrictions."
29
"I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving."
29
"Run after today, lest you run out of tomorrows."
28
"Those without passion are often passed and shunned."
28
"If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste."
28
"The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere."
28
"A broad trend I'm completely obsessed with is mobile commerce. Like completely. I'm completely convinced that everybody's going to be buying from their mobile devices. Whoever can claim that space or be in that space, I'm very interested in."
28
"The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply."
28
"Corporate & personal branding both require storytelling to be captivating. Stories provide context, meaning & the opportunity for relationship."
28
"Most startups actually start down and only go up if they catch the winds of market demand."
28
"When you change your mind, you change your life."
27
"Contributors and distributors tend to do better at personal branding than takers and fakers."
27
"I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."
27
"Capitalize on charm by continually captivating your customer."
27
"20% of management theories are responsible for 80% of results. That's assuming the Pareto Principle makes the cut."
27
"Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor."
27
"My greatest expectation is that I expect more of myself than anyone could expect."
27
"I get this buzz every time I'm quoted online. The ego high... yes... but also a Google Alert."
27
"My best ideas come in the shower, where I'm showered with water, but also ideas."
26
"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."
26
"Success happens when you refuse to give up."
26
"There's been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it."
26
"Great things take time. Keep going."
26
"Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start."
26
"Build a valuable brand by branding what is valuable about you."
26
"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."
26
"Fortune follows those who can create ideas by connecting old ones. Strong personal brands are created when connection and creation connect."
26
"If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy."
26
"The heart pointed to the brain and said with great disdain, "Those who live their lives in here live the lives most full of fear."
26
"We're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."
25
"If you're struggling to "think outside the box remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?"
25
"Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers."
25
"A degree helps to a degree, but your work is largely what you create it to be."
25
"Imagine our imaginations were limited only to the limitless. Still, it wouldn't matter without a motivation to move."
25
"The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with."
25
"Don't simply dream, create. Don't simply create, ship. Don't simply ship, dream."
25
"Anyone working for a big company might be skeptical that a large business, or even a strictly online business, can form the same kind of friendly, loyal relationship with customers as a local retailer. I'm saying it's already been done because I lived it."
24
"Clarity comes from engagement, not thought."
24
"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."
24
"There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing."
24
"Create lightning bolt ideas during brainstorms by causing disturbances in your atmosphere."
24
bottom of page