Lars Larsen Quotes

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

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

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

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.

I had a couple of investments that didn't go my way. That's why I laugh at guys who say, 'Oh, I'm going to open a clothing line. I'm going to start a restaurant.'

I'm far more interested in being a successful entrepreneur than being famous.

I opened my first bar that I owned in 1989. The first one I ever owned was in downtown St. Louis.

I'm sensitive to the resources needed by a small business to get started and keep going.

$200, 300 million games, I'm a little scared about that; there aren't a lot of companies that have the resources or the courage to spend that much.

Relatively few people should start companies.

Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.

I really want to work for myself and build a business from nowhere.

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

I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

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

I always knew I wanted to run a business someday.

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.

I've been an entrepreneur three times. I started three companies.

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

Pizza made me who I am. In the summer of 1998, I dropped out of college and started a pizza restaurant called Growlies in my hometown in rural Canada. My seed money: a credit card with a $20,000 limit.

I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.

I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put my house up as collateral, I invested the liquid money I had and two years of my time to get it over, but that's really not much of a risk for what the potential reward was if it worked.

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When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.