Start-Up Ventures Quotes

Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a trick like Amyris, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel?

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

Entrepreneurs should never work with big corporations.

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

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 started out with a carpet-cleaning business. Then I had a lunch wagon business, where you pull up and serve food. Then I had bars and then restaurants.

I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought of myself as an employee. But my first jobs as an adult were as an employee: at IBM, and then at my first start-up.

I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas.

When I started my company, many people said I shouldn't launch it as a retail concept because it was too big a risk. They told me to launch as a wholesaler to test the waters - because that was the traditional way.

Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.

Of the six people who started PayPal, four had built bombs in high school.

Not only CAN anyone be an entrepreneur, but they MUST be.

I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.

Entrepreneurship is the way we take control of our lives in a tough economy.

I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy.

I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.

Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises.

If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there'd be millions of no-brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

I know exactly what it feels like to be an entrepreneur with everything riding on a sale.

I design my start-up ventures around my own personal beliefs and values.

The only reason you should be an entrepreneur is because that's the only way the idea will come into the world.

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

Anytime there is a new, interesting space that comes along, there are a bunch of companies that enter the market.

I was an investor doing well and decided to be an entrepreneur.

WeWork is my fifth venture. I failed in my first, second and third, had mediocre success in the fourth.