Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people’s lives.
The best way forward is to give more people everywhere greater power to build their own destinies.
If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.
To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can’t guarantee it just by following someone else’s formula.
Remember the to-do list but don’t forget the to-be list.
If you’re lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you’ve got to put to good use.
Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.
I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.
Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.
I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people’s lives by setting out to make other people’s lives better and setting out to right the wrongs in the world.
Building a business is not rocket science, it’s about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.
Money is only interesting for what it lets you do and create.
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 people are crazy enough to dare, impossible things happen.
I think I’ve learned that if you have a house, you end up living in the kitchen, so if you have one big kitchen and then enough bedrooms for your family, that’s about all you need for a home.
I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying “yes” than by saying “no”.
Doing good is good for business.
You only live once, and I just don’t want to waste a minute of my life.
Government and business must come together on the interlinked issues of conservation, economic development and renewable energy. There are literally thousands of businesses, many in the tourism industry, that depend on an intact marine environment for their long-term survival.
If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.