Starting A Business Quotes - Page 3

• The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Inspirational, Work, Light

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• If you can dream it, you can make it so.

  Belva Davis

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

  Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• The best way to predict the future is to create it.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

  Marc Benioff

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

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• We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.

  Pete Cashmore

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Positive, Success, Dream

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Mar 31, 2013

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• Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Business, Opportunity, Entrepreneur

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• If you think you can, then you’re half way there. If you say, ‘I can’t,’ then you’re defeated.

  Debbi Fields

  Thinking, Half, Way

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• Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

  Seth Godin

  Perseverance, Monday, Business

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• Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

  Biz Stone

  Inspiring, Success, Perseverance

  Twitter post from Sep 03, 2010

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• If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.

  Reid Hoffman

  Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Too Late

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• Bethann Hardison has been my collaborator, my closest friend, we've gone through starting businesses, losing businesses, kids, divorces, marriages, and she was my maid of honor when I married my husband, David Bowie. And she's still such a part of my life. This is the person when it's totally dark, outside and inside, this is the person I would call.

  Iman Abdulmajid

  Husband, Kids, Divorce

  Source: time.com

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• Just build things and find out if they work.

  Ben Silbermann

  Entrepreneur, Starting, Ifs

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• All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.

  Reid Hoffman

  Business, Dna, Entrepreneur

  Ben Casnocha, Reid Hoffman (2012). “The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career”, p.3, Random House

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• The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

  Zig Ziglar

  Business, Opportunity, Loyal Customers

  "Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your Business at Little Or No Cost". Book by Brenda Bence (p. 91), November 7, 2011.

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• When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'

  Tom Preston-Werner

  Life, Inspiring, Business

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• Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

  Elon Musk

  Motivational, Inspiring, Failing

  "Hondas in Space" by Jennifer Reingold, www.fastcompany.com. February 1, 2005.

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• Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company's mission.

  Tim Westergren

  Business, Team, Entrepreneur

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• You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

  Jeff Bezos

  Passion, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship

  Interview with Charlie Rose, charlierose.com. October 27, 2016.

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• The research that Noam Wasserman has assembled here can help entrepreneurial companies who want to prepare well for their future. The Founder's Dilemmas is a must-read for anyone thinking about starting a business.

  Timothy C. Draper

  Thinking, Research, Want

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• When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).

  Richard Branson

  Challenges, Encounters, Duh

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• The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Jan 30, 2017

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