Jon Taffer Quotes

If you're an entrepreneur and you're starting a company, I think the first thing you do is you go and talk to a bunch of people. But then the next thing you probably should do is figure out if there's a broader demand than just people you know. That's where I think SurveyMonkey is pretty valuable to people.

Every entrepreneur, whether man or woman, should start with a robust business structure.

It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.

When you understand your customer base, you have to provide them with what they want.

What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.

I'd start a business again in a heartbeat. Indeed, I hope that one day I may get the chance to do so when my mission here in Washington, D.C. is complete.

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.

People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.

It's important to have a really clear strategy so when you are in business, you only have to make micro-strategy changes.

You need to make certain decisions to expand your market.

Definitely, starting my own brand would be really exciting.

There's one thing I've learned about entrepreneurs' business plans. Every one is wrong.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge.

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

If you really stay focused on what your beliefs are and what your customer wants, you'll find the right markets.

… good luck and good timing are huge components of outsized success in entrepreneurial endeavors. Lots of things have to go right, and the planets have to align; that certainly happened in Amazon’s case. Our timing turned out to be very good. And so you can’t sit down to write a business plan and say you’re going to build a multibillion-dollar corporation; that’s unrealistic.

In getting Under Armour started, like any business, I think, number one, you need a great idea. But it's also about who you know.

If opening your own business is the dream, then it must start with a Dream - not only to understand what it is that you want to do, but also, how you are going to build something better than the same chaotic environment you just left.

If you are planning to start a business, and if you want that business to have a hope of succeeding, be sure you are approaching your venture from a true Entrepreneurial Perspective.

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.

Starting a company is like throwing yourself off the cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down.