Business Venture Quotes

I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.

I remember flying in, driving down 101 in a cab, and passing by all these tech companies like Yahoo! I remember thinking, 'Maybe someday we'll build a company. This probably isn't it, but one day we will.'

So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'

Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. It is a high-risk, high-reward proposition.

I have to be proud of what I'm doing. When I created Caliche, it was something I really wanted to drink and that I wanted my friends to think is the best.

True entrepreneurs have to really forego almost everything; they have to put it all on the line.

You're only the boss if you put up your own money.

Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.

The only rollercoasters I get on are startups.

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.

It was tennis that got me started in business. When I was 16 and about to embark on my A-levels, I set up a tennis academy and became one of the youngest qualified tennis coaches in the country. It did well; by the time I was 19 I was able to buy my first house.

Pizza made me who I am. In the summer of 1998, I dropped out of college and started a pizza restaurant called Growlies in my hometown in rural Canada. My seed money: a credit card with a $20,000 limit.

Yeah, handsome, great big guy, seven feet tall! Name is Rick Miller - Portland, Oregon. And he started a business. Of course you know it was in basketball. But it wasn't in basketball! I mean, I figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport.

I was 12 years old and in summer camp. I started a company called Aardvark Industries, which provided basic services to camp counselors.

I'm trying to build an empire, because after this, I cannot get a normal job.

When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.

While still in college, I started my first Internet company - American Information Systems - a dial-up Internet provider in the Internet's formative years.

I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated.

I've been an entrepreneur three times. I started three companies.

I'd dropped out of college to start design thing.

I'm coming out with my line of shoes and my very first shoe is called 'The Nethia.' How we came up with the name is that my legal name is Linnethia and we shortened it.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

I had a couple of investments that didn't go my way. That's why I laugh at guys who say, 'Oh, I'm going to open a clothing line. I'm going to start a restaurant.'

I have my Icy brand, so one day when I do have the time I'll create my own fashion line.

In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.