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If you're going to be a successful entrepreneur, you're going to have to be somebody who can tolerate a high rate of change, you have to be willing to put a lot more hours into it, you have to tolerate the fact that you're going to make more mistakes and have a culture that responds to that.
Sep 10, 2025
Successful entrepreneurs judge correctly the need for change, then do something about it.
If you choose to become a smoker, you are an idiot, and you may lack the discipline and intelligence to be a successful entrepreneur.
Under the influence of collectivist ideologies, many politicians and journalists are ever eager to strike at successful entrepreneurs who earn much more than they do. It is difficult to ascertain their motives; it can be simple envy which consumes many men, or it can be economic ignorance.
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.
Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.
We need to create an enterprise culture, a society where successful entrepreneurs are respected and admired, not treated with suspicion and disdain. And in which we see less envy of other peoples' achievements and mistrust of commerce, and a greater readiness to get out there and join in the process.
How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top
I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.
Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company's mission.
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself
My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had - everyday I'm learning something new.
It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.
Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper.
You're generally better off sticking with what you know.
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.
I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.
Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most. ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.