Theo Paphitis Quotes

There are lots of people who say you are born an entrepreneur - you either have that gene or not. I really disagree with that.

I never studied business. It's either in your DNA, or it isn't.

People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.

You can take the smartest kid at Wharton, the one who gets straight A's and has a 170 IQ, and if he doesn't have the instincts, he'll never be a successful entrepreneur.

Because it's so empowering, I want people to think about being entrepreneurial regardless. They don't have to start companies, but that's what makes them great employees, that's what makes them great citizens.

If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.

I think the hallmark of a really good entrepreneur is that you're not really going to build one specific company. The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work for anyone else. You have to start your own thing. It almost doesn't matter what that thing is.

I never take credit for anything, because it's mostly genetic to my way of thinking. Even the need to work hard with some genetic talent you're given - the need to go out and develop it, and push hard to bring it to people.

I was probably born with some designing abilities.

My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.

I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.

To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

Actors are not made, they are born.

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they think with their hands and their brains. They're experts in design, engineering and business.

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.

Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

You have to have a talent for having talent.

Management and entrepreneurship are only two different dimensions of the same task. An entrepreneur who does not learn how to manage will not last long. A management that does not learn to innovate will not last long.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.

The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring.

There are no bad business and investment opportunities, but there are bad entrepreneurs and investors.

Young people should think in a different way - they should be job givers not job seeker.