Entrepreneurship Quotes

"A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts." "If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got." "I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn’t really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going." "We, we – as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market." "Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line." "If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline." "You’ve got to take risks if you’re going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission." "My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around." "Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way." "A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better." "Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it." "Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming." "One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes." "If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go." "An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea." "Fortunate are those who take the first steps." "Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time." "Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes." "The path to success is to take massive, determined action." "If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering."