Philip J. Kaplan Quotes

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

In just a few years, I have turned my small company into a multi-million dollar makeup empire.

I never dreamed I could build a $100 million company. I just happened to build a $1 million company that became a $5 million company, and so on.

I always knew I wanted to run a business someday.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

There are companies with management and companies with money. You can always find money. Management is the key to success in any business.

For small businesses trying to figure out how to get big, I would say you are going to have to take some risks. And I think that is what shuts off most people. They are not willing take the risk.

Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses.

I believe in this industry as a business, and I want to continue to grow my own business.

It's exciting to be able to be part of the block and tackle of building a company from a smaller base.

I knew, back when I was starting up, that if I had something that could be developed for the mass market, I could really take it forward.

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

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

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

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

I'm building a large company.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.

As an entrepreneur, in many ways it's like looking into the crystal ball for what my company will hopefully go through as it starts to think about bigger challenges - scaling internationally, getting ready to go public, and all those different things.

1976, I was all of 18, and when I stepped into the world of business, the capital I had in my hand was 20,000 rupees.

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.

There's something about me that wants to grow a big company. I don't deny that. I enjoy the game, and the only way to really enjoy it is to win. I like to win. It's more fun.

I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.

Succeeding in business is not just about making money.

Well, darling, you can have your tearoom now.