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Entrepreneurs are misfits to the core. They forge ahead, making their own path and always, always, question the status quo. -- Maximillian Degenerez
Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision. -- Bill Drayton
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help others without expecting anything in return. -- Ben Parr
Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful. -- David Brenner
Entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of America. -- Ronald Reagan
Opportunists seek for a chance.Entrepreneurs make new chances. -- Toba Beta
Entrepreneurs constantly confuse what they do with who they are. -- Howard A. Tullman
Entrepreneurs have two basic assets: their creativity and their relationships. -- Mark Victor Hansen
Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic. -- Anita Roddick
Entrepreneurs are visionaries - they see things other people don't see. -- Anita Roddick
Self-employed people work where they live. Entrepreneurs live where they work. -- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Entrepreneurs are always super optimistic. If they weren't they wouldn't be entrepreneurs. -- Heidi Roizen
Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time. -- Jeff Bezos
Entrepreneurs don't finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done. -- Robert Kiyosaki
Entrepreneurs: The only people who work 80 hour weeks to avoid working 40 hour weeks. -- Lori Greiner
Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible, with less than anyone thinks possible. -- John Doerr
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do. -- Ted Cruz
Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week. -- Lori Greiner
Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view. -- Tom Peters
Entrepreneurs, guys that start businesses, grow with them. It's more painful than it would appear. -- Les Wexner
Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities. -- Simon Sinek
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. -- Ronald Reagan
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda. -- Ralph Steadman
Entrepreneurs need to be positive. Always. Entrepreneurs need to be brave, often. And lastly, entrepreneurs need to be obsessed. -- Ronnie Apteker
Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur. -- Mohnish Pabrai
Entrepreneurs don't believe the future is predictable - but they do believe that they can create the future themselves. -- Max McKeown
Entrepreneurs cannot be happy people until they have seen their visions become the new reality across all of society. -- Bill Drayton
Entrepreneurs believe that profit is what matters most in a new enterprise. But profit is secondary. Cash flow matters most. -- Peter Drucker
Entrepreneurs: See yourself as victorious- and the best way to be victorious is to be passionate. Find something you love doing! -- Donald Trump
Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit. -- Ryan Lilly
Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers. -- Ryan Lilly
Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force. Without straightforward feedback, entrepreneurs cannot make sound decisions. -- Donald Trump
Entrepreneurs are all unique. One way to build a business and turn it into a brand is to know who you are. -- Ziad K. Abdelnour
Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever. -- Ron Conway
Entrepreneurs start businesses because ... they have no choice. Passion and energy drive them on good days and sustain them on bad days -- Barry Moltz
Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time; they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. -- Thomas Friedman
Entrepreneurs usually don't listen to people. Trust them to do their job. Remember, you invested with the understanding the project was likely to fail. -- Dave McClure
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage -- Niccolo Machiavelli
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. -- Victoria Woodhull
For startups, SM is now crucial: it has never been cheaper and easier to reach one's customers. Entrepreneurs should thank God for Twitter, Facebook... -- Guy Kawasaki
Entrepreneurs do not try and create new types of smartphone technologies now because they know it's pointless: They're going to get sued almost immediately. -- Charles Duhigg
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise -- Victoria Claflin Woodhull
Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen. -- Ronnie Apteker
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
Entrepreneurs and innovators across the country are developing and deploying new data-powered IT tools to help clinicians succeed at delivering better care at lower cost. -- Todd Park
Entrepreneurs have a great ability to create change, be flexible, build companies and cultivate the kind of work environment in which they want to work. -- Tory Burch
Entrepreneurs are never satisfied. They want to do things better. They strive for perfection and use all the ingenuity to their command to achieve it. -- J. Willard Marriott
Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink of success. -- Eric Ries
Entrepreneurs adopt the ways of the adept and adapt to a changing environment. Actually, entrepreneurs are more enterpreneurs, because they are forever entering into new territory. -- Jarod Kintz
Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world. -- Reid Hoffman
Entrepreneurs are the seekers of solutions, and that they will go into these places where both market and traditional aid has failed or traditional charity has failed. -- Jacqueline Novogratz
Being an entrepreneur is sexy... for those who haven't done it. In reality it's gritty, tough work where you will be filled with self doubt. Entrepreneurs are survivors. -- Mark Suster
Entrepreneurs, by disposition, are built to think big. When a role no longer affords those opportunities, it might be best to leave it in capable hands and move on. -- Ryan Holmes
Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable. -- Howard Schultz
Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd. -- Max McKeown
Entrepreneurs don't do most of the work. Entrepreneurs identify the problems, discover the opportunities and then build processes to allow other people and other things to do the work. -- Mike Michalowicz
Entrepreneurs have a natural inclination to go it alone. While this do-it-yourself spirit can help you move forward, adding an element of collaboration into the mix can make you unstoppable. -- Leah Busque
Entrepreneurs constantly confuse what they do with who they are. We're all certainly responsible for what we do, but failing doesn't make us bad people and succeeding doesn't make us omniscient. -- Howard A. Tullman
Entrepreneurs stand out from the rest of the pack because they are not afraid to take big risks and they aim to please no one except the people who truly matter. -- Kathryn Finney
Entrepreneurs' willingness to innovate or just to invest - and thus create new jobs - is driven by their 'animal spirits,' as they decide whether to leap into the void. -- Edmund Phelps
Managers will work for a salary. Entrepreneurs create new businesses. Many people have capital, but instead of making money for business they build houses for rent. It's easy money to collect rental. -- John Gokongwei
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? -- Vinod Khosla
Entrepreneurs are motivated by independence as well as challenge, knowing they are ultimately responsible for themselves. Monetary success is certainly helpful, but it often becomes more of a score card than anything else. -- Donald Trump
Entrepreneurs go through real problems and come up with real solutions. It's not fake. You can do all the right things and still lose. You can do all the wrong things and still will. -- Ben Huh
Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves. -- Simon Sinek
Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. They move the ball forward every day. They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct. -- Mark Suster
A majority of my blind students at the International Institute for Social Entrepreneurs in Trivandrum, India, a branch of Braille Without Borders, came from the developing world: Madagascar, Colombia, Tibet, Liberia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal and India. -- Rosemary Mahoney
One skill of a great entrepreneur is to get a whole complicated discussion and then say, 'We're going to do this one and we're only going to do this one'. Managers are good at prioritizing. Entrepreneurs know what is the one thing. -- Bing Gordon
Entrepreneurs are different beasts. Beasts who don't give a damn, who kick ass when required, who stand up to a challenge, and who rise time and again with utter disregard to fear or failure. These are the beasts who run the world. -- Vishwas Mudagal
The fastest way to get kicked out of a venture capitalist's office is to say that you want to build a business that grows steadily, focuses on employees, and creates wealth over the long term. Entrepreneurs with such ambitions are considered pariahs. -- Vivek Wadhwa
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. -- Victor Kiam
Entrepreneurs are perennially short on cash, so they tend to hire less expensive and less experienced team members. Yet most founders are overworked, so they have no time and budget for coaching and training. Team members not confident in their roles lose motivation quickly. -- Martin Zwilling
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. -- Ronald Reagan
Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as 'the X of Y', so this is going to be 'the Microsoft of food.' And yet disruptive innovations usually don't have that character. Most of the time, if something seems like a good idea, it probably isn't. -- Eric Ries
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Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as 'the X of Y,' so this is going to be 'the Microsoft of food.' And yet disruptive innovations usually don't have that character. Most of the time, if something seems like a good idea, it probably isn't. -- Eric Ries
The thing I preach constantly is do your research; build your knowledge base. Don't just go into business on a whim or a prayer - and don't think 'I'm an entrepreneur so I have to take risks'. Entrepreneurs don't take risks. They take calculated risks; only the good ones. -- Theo Paphitis
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. -- Barack Obama
Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs. -- Robert Kiyosaki
When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit. -- Nandan Nilekani
Location is the key to most businesses, and the entrepreneurs typically build their reputation at a particular spot. -- Phyllis Schlafly
Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor. -- Paul Ryan
When President Obama speaks about raising taxes on the rich, he speaks about high-income employees and small business owners, not entrepreneurs who build big businesses. -- Robert Kiyosaki
Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort to get financing. -- Ron Chernow
All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity. -- Muhammad Yunus
Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to take advantage of you. -- Vivek Wadhwa
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries. -- Muhammad Yunus
American Made is not just an event. It's a movement to spotlight and support the next generation of creative entrepreneurs who are turning their passion for making into thriving small businesses. -- Martha Stewart
There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers, academics, and colleagues whose work confirms, amplifies, and stretches my own thinking. -- Robin Chase
Crony capitalism is much easier than competing in an open market. But it erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers want. -- Charles Koch
Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people, some would be on the dole, and others would be entrepreneurs. -- Tony McCoy
In my experience, poor people are the world's greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income. -- Muhammad Yunus
I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination. -- Harvey Mackay
The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, world travelers and successful entrepreneurs. Their hairdos and tattoos are simply part of our culture, even when they raise eyebrows during PTA meetings. -- Tony Hawk
Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks. -- Daniel Kahneman
At a certain point in your career - I mean, part of the answer is a personal answer, which is that at a certain point in your career, it becomes more satisfying to help entrepreneurs than to be one. -- Marc Andreesen
Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems. -- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
One of biggest lies in politics is the lie that Republicans are the party of big business. Big business does great with big government. Big business is very happy to climb in bed with big government. Republicans are and should be the party of small business and of entrepreneurs. -- Ted Cruz
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We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion. -- Manmohan Singh
We are raising today's children in sterile, risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing, we are failing to cultivate artists, pioneers and entrepreneurs, and instead cultivating a generation of children who can follow the rules in organized sports games, sit for hours in front of screens and mark bubbles on standardized tests. -- Darell Hammond
If you're going to go to the next level, your values are going to have to change! -- Eric Thomas
An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes -- Victor Kiam
My parents were both entrepreneurs. -- Caprice Bourret
All human beings are entrepreneurs. -- Reid Hoffman
Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs -- Cameron Herold
Today, 30-year-olds are becoming social entrepreneurs. -- Jacqueline Novogratz
Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow's entrepreneurs. -- St. Jerome
I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans. -- Barbara Corcoran
The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends. -- Bill Drayton
The best entrepreneurs never confuse motion with results. -- Martin Zwilling
I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting. -- Phil Bredesen
All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists. -- Seth Godin
The best entrepreneurs know when to ignore sage advice. -- Sarah Lacy
In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability. -- George Gilder
Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free. -- James Altucher
People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs. -- Peter Drucker
Is it more fascinating, perplexing, unbelievable that women are entrepreneurs? -- Reese Witherspoon
Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem. -- Ratan Tata

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