Kathryn Minshew Quotes

Your own business growth and success depends on many things, and along that growing path, you are going to have to concede certain responsibilities and activities - whether for your accounting, your production, or day-to-day management.

My business acumen is definitely growing.

I know what I know and I also know what I don't know, and I make sure I hire the right people who can teach me.

An entrepreneur need not know everything but he or she should lead a team of persons who are thorough in different aspects.

I learned from growing a business that it's important to listen to everyone how we can do better.

In business, experience is the big teacher.

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

I would never suggest anyone to stay at a company more than six or seven years. We grow as individuals and the world is moving so fast. Typically, I'll always sell a piece of each of my companies along the way.

I'm not looking to... I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years.

I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.

After 39 years of business, I'm still learning. I go through this every year -identifying new strategies that are extremely important.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.

I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.

There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

Business coaching and the personal development and self-help industry is considered to be one of the booming industries today.

I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up being CFO of a technology company. I'd no idea what venture capital was.

In the first three years of Mint, from when it was founded to when it was sold, I can honestly say that in a sustainable way, I couldn't have worked any harder on it.

If I look myself as a manager, I have lot more to learn.

Just understanding that if you're not growing up, you're just moving backwards, and I'm a person that I always want to grow and learn and not be the smartest person in the room, because when you're not the smartest person in the room, you're always learning things.

The essence of good business is knowing when to step on a train and when to step off.

For small businesses to thrive, they require an environment that is conducive for growth.