Matt Rosendale Quotes

When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.

1976, I was all of 18, and when I stepped into the world of business, the capital I had in my hand was 20,000 rupees.

If you owe $50,000 for your education, you are not going to be able to start a small business when you graduate.

Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold.

This is the essence of the American Dream - in the land of opportunity, if you have a good idea, create a solid plan, and work hard, you should be able to reinvent yourself and get ahead.

Small business people are people with goals and values that can't be calculated on a profit and loss statement.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities.

Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.

People are starting companies at young ages. They fail fast, learn a lot, and keep going.

I grew up on the East Coast, and we always used to say, 'Go get your hustle on,' whether it was playing sports or making money. You do what you have to do to do what you want to do.

There is, in fact, nothing easy about being an entrepreneur.

Because entrepreneurship is so hard and does take so long to build something great, you do have to build an environment that you yourself as an entrepreneur want to work in for the next 20 years.

I didn't really have to struggle in the industry, but I've never shied away from hard work.

Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial. The young people I meet want more freedom - to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.

It's a myth that you need thousands of pounds to start a business.

I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.

There's no training for the business, no credentials necessary to enter... It's all about entrepreneurs, innate street intelligence, and instincts. It's a business which encourages people with dreams. That's the essence of Hollywood.

Entrepreneurship is, in large part, about building something from nothing, which means creating a cause.

I think most people who try to start a business, they realise very quickly that one of the biggest hurdles is having to be self-determined.

The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that.

I have always worked to start.

When I was setting up my own business in my early 20s I'd get up early and work every hour I could stay awake.

In America, they like to think, 'Do as many things as you can.' That's what I like about being here. 'You're a polymath! We call you multi-hyphenates!' I like the idea you're allowed work as much as you can.

I started working at age thirteen. I'm a product of public schools, I'm a product of a public university. I started my first company when I was 21. I've subsequently never worked for anybody else. I started that first business when I was still in college.

From a personal standpoint, I consider myself much more of an accidental entrepreneur. I was involved in the entrepreneurship club at Harvard, but I heard of it only because it was new on campus.