Deborah Meaden Quotes

I think you need a really strong businessperson running the state, a person who's used to turning negatives into positives, which is what happens in business.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

My mum was a quintessential businesswoman. She taught me problem-solving. She can solve any problem.

I'm a very business-minded person.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

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

Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business.

I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.

Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.

I want to be known as a great businessman.

Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.

I'm a businesswoman.

A lot of people who own a business aren't entrepreneurial at all.

I like being part of a big company's executive team. It's fun to stretch other parts of my brain, considering questions like, 'How should we think of acquisitions?' I get to be privy to things that would never come up at a small company.

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

I think I have learnt more about business from fighting than anything else - from any book, from any, like - fighting is an incredible megastore for doing business.

A good business book teaches simple truths.

An entrepreneur, whether man or woman, has to be willing to take help, whether financial or technical, to grow his or her business.

Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.

To build a great business, you have to do something hard just to be able to withstand all the competition that will later come your way.

People who have been successful in business have a huge amount to offer young people who are just starting out.

Creating a billion-dollar company is hard, but being a truly great leader is even harder.

I know this: Jerry Jones is unique, he's as cool as James Bond and he has a command of his business. He can step into any arena and succeed.