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Sunday, April 6, 2014

35 Successful Entrepreneurs quotes that can catapults you to the next level

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Success was not handed over to any one on a platter but they simply carve out success from the available material nature has to provide. Catch the entrepreneurial spirit by learning from them. The true act to be great is to learn from the great. And you can get motivated to carve out your own path with these inspiring quotes from these great men and women of faith who have launched their own highly successful start ups. You’ll find quotes in this list that will make you think creatively, make you ask  yourself what on earth I’m I here for, make you wonder, and make you bring out the best in your own entrepreneurial endeavors!

1.    “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else 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. They     somehow already know what you truly want to become.     Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs, Founder, Apple

2.    “I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to     something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor     amount of money would deter me from giving the best that     there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by     it. I know.” – Harland Sanders, Founder, KFC

3.    “Follow the cream of the crop in your area of online expertise     and learn from them. Network with them.” - Mark Forrester, Co-    founder, WooThemes

4.    “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to     give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want     something new.” - Steve Jobs, Co-founder, Apple

5.    “Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on     customers and employees, not objectives.” - Jack Ma, Lead     Founder, Alibaba

6.    “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing     and falling over.” - Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin

7.    “Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to     perfect.” - Jack Dorsey, Co-founder, Twitter

8.    “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.” - Hugh     Hefner, Founder, Playboy

9.    “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” - Bill Gates,     Co-founder, Microsoft

10.    “Openly share and talk to people about your idea. Use their     lack of interest or doubt to fuel your motivation to make it     happen.” - Todd Garland, Founder, BuySellAds

11.    “Even if you don’t have the perfect idea to begin with, you can     likely adapt.” - Victoria Ransom, Co-founder, Wildfire Interactive

12.    “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning,     because what you don’t know can become your greatest     asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things     different from everybody else.” – Sara Blakely, Founder, Spanx

13.    “High expectations are the key to everything.” - Sam Walton,     Founder, Walmart

14.    “You have to have more leadership, less management. It’s     about getting stuff done, you can sit around and analyze things     forever but while you do that the competition has moved on.” -     Peter Vesterbacka, Founder, Rovio Games (including Angry     Birds)

15.    “Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of     advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever     they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself have been     guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out     if they work.” - Ben Silbermann, Founder, Pinterest

16.    “We’re not very good at knowing what we want, and we are     very quick to say, ‘This sucks.’ That’s where the opportunity     lies.” - Gary Vaynerchuk, Founder, Wine Library TV

17.    “You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way     down.” - Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn

18.    “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first     to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what     you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself” - Oprah     Winfrey, Founder Harpo Productions, OWN

19.    “You just have to pay attention to what people need and what     has not been done.” - Russell Simmons, Founder, Def Jam

20.    “Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your     abilities and don’t let the bastards get you down.” - Michael     Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg L.P.

21.    “Be a user of your own product. Make it better based on your     own desires. But don’t trick yourself into thinking you are the     user.” - Evan Williams, Co-founder, Twitter

22.    “You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have     something to live for.” - Ted Turner, Founder, TBS, CNN, and     more

23.    “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working     on the right thing is probably more important than working     hard.” - Caterina Fake, Co-founder, Flickr

24.    “I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to     something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor     amount of money would deter me from giving the best that     there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by     it. I know.” – Harland Sanders, Founder, KFC

25.    “Whatever you do, be different. That was the advice my mother     gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur.     If you’re different, you will stand out.” - Anita Roddick, Founder,     The Body Shop

26.    “Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.” - Tony Hsieh, Co-    founder, Zappos

27.    “You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also     need to trust your instinct.” - Chris Hughes, Co-founder,     Facebook

28.    “Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and     your integrity is worth more than your career.” - Angelo Sotira,     Co-founder, DeviantArt

29.    “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually     make you look like an overnight success.” - Biz Stone, Co-    founder, Twitter

30.    “Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not.” - Michael     Dell, Founder, Dell

31.    “If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” - Jeff     Bezos, Founder, Bezos

32.    “When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people     telling you that you are nuts.” - Larry Ellison, Co-founder, Oracle

33.    “I like to pride myself on thinking pretty long term, but not that     long term.” - Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder, Facebook

34.    “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually         make you look like an overnight success.” - Biz Stone, Co-    founder, Twitter

35.    “Always deliver more than expected.” - Larry Page, Co-founder,     Google


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