Wang Shi Quotes

I think entrepreneurs really appreciate directness and honesty, coupled with empathy.

I always knew I wanted to run a business someday.

The best entrepreneurs I've ever met are all good communicators. It's perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.

Like many of my fellow entrepreneurs, I didn't create Hearsay Social with my co-founder Steve Garrity because it would be fun and easy, but because we're at our best when faced with enormous challenges.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

You have to be very brave and very entrepreneurial - you have to dare to create your own brand.

People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.

My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.

I'm an engineer turned entrepreneur who's passionate about connection.

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.

I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.

Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.

In the founders, I look for a person I feel is trustworthy, driven and smart. I invest in the person first, because in the event the business fails, the person and I can move forward and create another business.

My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.

One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.

The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

I've gotten more press than any entrepreneur could dream of - certainly more than I deserve - and I've never had a public relations firm working for me.

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.

I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

I never went to college. But the structure I grew up with was planted so deep that when it came to doing business, I knew how to be disciplined, create teamwork, and persevere. It set me up to be an entrepreneur and a successful franchiser.