Robert J. Fisher Quotes

The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win.

Nine out of ten businesses fail; so I came up with a foolproof plan - create ten businesses.

No decision in business provides greater potential for the creation of wealth (or its destruction, come to think of it) than the choice of which innovation to back.

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.

Being an entrepreneur means the ability to think out of the box by putting away our fear of any risk, including financial.

Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.

In business, you try to minimise risk.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in whole new ways.

If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. Look at hip hop artists, they produced everything themselves. Even people like Robert De Niro are getting into production. Again, it's art vs. marketing. Not everyone can take the risk. You have to break a few eggs to make a good omelet.

Business [compared to government] has an advantage in that we know that if we don’t take risks, it’s about survival … Business has to also stand behind government leaders who take risk.,, That’s what leadership is about.

If we're going to acquire, what are we going to do differently? We came up with six rules of thumb. Whenever I've violated two of them, I usually get into trouble.

We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.

I do think there are more and more entrepreneurs all the time that think big. Those are the people we should be finding and funding. Most of them will fail, but the ones who succeed will change the world, and that is progress.

Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable.

Giving up your core business in search of a phantom audience is not wise.

I took risks, and I did pay a price for it. I was made to answer because a 'Kaun' can't do business like a popcorn entertainer or a romantic film would do.

Entrepreneurs love to view risk as binary. The more you put on the line, the greater the potential for reward.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

One reason why entrepreneurs are admired is that they often take on a degree of risk in launching a new business.

A lot of entrepreneurship is seeing the future in a way that no one else sees it. Then, it becomes about execution and doing what it takes to succeed.