Emilia Wickstead Quotes

Running a business anywhere isn't easy.

I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things.

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

I think running a business, doing what I've done for the last - since 1996, has taught me so many things because I started from just an idea and then had to figure out how to make it, market it, every single thing from soup to nuts on how to get a product done and out there.

I think my sister and I just focus on working hard. We started off working with Wal-Mart on our first clothing line as an extension of our personal brand when we were 12, and we got to learn about being aware of what was in the market and what wasn't.

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

To build a great business, you have to do something hard just to be able to withstand all the competition that will later come your way.

I understand the highs and lows of building a global business from the ground and taking that initial product idea all the way to the market.

When you're starting your own business it's really important to think through your plan: what's the idea, why is it relevant to the market, how much money you are going to invest, how are you going to tell people about it.

If you get out there and push and you really work your brand like a business you will be successful.

I always knew I wanted to start my own line. Nights and weekends, I would work on my business plan.

Along the way, I learned the key to launching a company. It's all about storytelling.

People don't know how hard it is to have your own business.

I saw these new kinds of stores: the Body Shop, the Sock Shop, and I thought to myself, 'I can do that.'

Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

Young people in Israel are encouraged to design, produce and sell their products from high school. Technical universities also matter. Teach and introduce entrepreneurship courses in technical universities.

As of 2011, it cost about $5,000 to launch a tech startup.

I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.

Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that.

Opening a business is going to be hard work, no matter what choices you make. If you decide to fall on your sword and just slog through all the work as an operator instead of an owner, then you take responsibility for the entire operation and the actions of the business.

A big part of the accelerator is to help scientists become entrepreneurs. I like to think about each business being built on three major areas: creating the value, creating the product, and extracting the value. We provide help in each of these areas.

When you're starting a new business, you don't need to know much about it. A lot of the work is blocking and tackling - it's the same type of stuff no matter what sector you're in.

My sister and I had a lemonade stand - with a two-drink minimum.