Daniel Espinosa Quotes

The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in.

My dream is to have a small company in France.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.

At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.

And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.

Start a small business, borrow money from your parents if you have to.

I do fantasize about having my own shop one day.

There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.

What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it.

I decided on a chocolate business. I love the history of chocolate and making it and the fact that people of any gender, age, and race enjoy it. I found a space in Brooklyn that had not been used in 30 years. Then I talked to an investor who wanted more than 50 percent of the business.

Finding initial funds is the primary barrier most entrepreneurs face. Many people don't have three or six months' worth of savings to free themselves up to do months of unpaid legwork.

I had always wanted to start a company, ever since I was very young.

I knew that when I grew up, I wanted to have a business.

Every kid coming out of Harvard, every kid coming out of school now thinks he can be the next Mark Zuckerberg, and with these new technologies like cloud computing, he actually has a shot.

The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology.

Relatively few people should start companies.

I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet!

I've always been an entrepreneur. I start businesses for a living.

People don't know how hard it is to have your own business.

'Entrepreneur' is a French word.

The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.

I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven and a little bit of a technologist in order to get a business going.

When people start talking about venture capital and finances and how to create this and do that, a lot of it, I swear, it's like sitting in an escrow meeting when all you want to do is buy a house, and you're signing 50 pieces of paper, but you have no idea what they're talking about.

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.