Latest Ronnie Apteker Quotes from Interviews

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• Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh. Hire slowly and fire fast. And the most important thing is: you never invest in ideas, only in people!

  Ronnie Apteker

  People, Laughing, Important

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• The movie industry is brutal. It is dangerous. It is, for most, soul destroying. Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Beautiful, Art, Book

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• The most obvious answer, that you can read in any leadership book is this - learn to say "no" so that you can make time for the important stuff, the stuff that is closest to your heart. And of course, as all entrepreneurs will say, "surround yourself with good people". That is the hardest thing : finding good people.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Book, Heart, People

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Obsession makes my life bad and my work good.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Obsession

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• You follow a passion, a dream, a belief, a vision, and before you know it, you are an entrepreneur. Once though, when you start to understand what this means, and what the possibilities are, the accidents then stop, and you become a forever obsessed entrepreneur that doesn't rest, and never stops trying to push the envelope.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Dream, Passion, Mean

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it. Also, no one looks for pots of gold, it just happens.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Pain, Stress, Thinking

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Business is full of pain and hardship and with that, laughter and release.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Laughter, Pain, Hardship

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• Business, like life, is funny. We all go through difficult times, and we all have to face curve balls and challenges, each and every week. And we need to laugh when things are funny. If we take it all too seriously we will go mad.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Mad, Laughing, Challenges

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Never invest in ideas, only in people!

  Ronnie Apteker

  Ideas, People

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Laughing

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Hire slowly and fire fast.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Fire

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• You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Passion, Employment, Obsession

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Entrepreneurs need to be positive. Always. Entrepreneurs need to be brave, often. And lastly, entrepreneurs need to be obsessed.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Entrepreneur, Brave, Being Positive

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Entrepreneur, Needs, Helping

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• An entrepreneur needs to have values. Values that are wholesome.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Entrepreneur, Needs, Values

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Beautiful, Art, Book

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• There are differences in the businesses themselves, but the fundamentals are the same: give customers a good experience, charge them a reasonable price, listen to them, and treat them with respect.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Differences, Giving, Fundamentals

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• The movie industry is brutal. It is dangerous. It is, for most, soul destroying.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Soul, Destroying, Dangerous

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• I did apply to get a job, many times, but no one ever hired me. I think my hyperactive nature didn't score me any points, and I remember when I went for interviews, I would ask all the questions - this probably confused the people who were hiring.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Jobs, Confused, Thinking

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Pain, Stress, Thinking

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• No one looks for pots of gold, it just happens. Sure, some people are born with an incredible financial ability, and some people are natural salesmen, but creating a business, driving a venture, mobilizing an army, is not something you are born to do - it just happens, by accident.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Army, Creating, People

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• There is reason to smile and celebrate when you win, but when you struggle, that is about laughter. That is the pathos that is rooted in all comedy. And business is full of pain and hardship and with that, laughter and release.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Pain, Laughter, Struggle

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• When things go right (and they go right a lot - you just got to keep trying) there is nothing to really laugh about.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Laughing, Trying, Keep Trying

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• When someone stands you up for a meeting, sure, you have the right to be disappointed, and perhaps even angry. But you can't take it personally - they probably do it to everyone.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Disappointed, Meetings, Angry

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• What is it about business that makes us laugh - when things go wrong, which they do all the time (why, I still wish I knew) then we need to laugh.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Laughing, Wish, Needs

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za