entrepreneur-quotes

Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.

Source your food, start building your community and figure out a way to present it to your community.

- Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram

From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better.

- Richard Branson

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

- Richard Branson

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

When you go into your customary barber shop, you will wait for the man who gives you a little better shave, a little trimmer hair-cut. Business leaders are looking for the same things in their offices that you look for in the barber shop.

- Charles M. Schwab

In this digital age, it doesn't really matter if you are in Canary Wharf or the Caribbean; there are opportunities waiting to be grasped by entrepreneurs.

- Richard Branson

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

The captains of industry are not hunting money. America is heavy with it. They are seeking brains - specialized brains - and faithful, loyal service. Brains are needed to carry out the plans of those who furnish the capital.

- Charles M. Schwab

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

- Richard Branson

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

One of the biggest mistakes we made was trying to automate things that are super easy for a person to do, but super hard for a robot to do.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

- Richard Branson

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

We must understand that governments cannot create real jobs. Only entrepreneurs can do that.

At Virgin, we have always backed the power of the entrepreneur and inventor to find solutions to tricky problems. Why should climate change and the battle against carbon be any different?

- Richard Branson

I don't hire a lot of number-crunchers, and I don't trust fancy marketing surveys. I do my own surveys and draw my own conclusions.

Entrepreneurial business favors the open mind. It favors people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.

- Richard Branson

I only work with the best.

Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next.

- Richard Branson

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Entrepreneurship is a great leveler, 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.

- Richard Branson

Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.