Mike Braun Quotes

In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.

Sure, you're an intelligent and highly capable individual, and you are learning a lot on the fly as you build your company. But you also need to come to terms with the fact that there are things you have chosen not to be an expert in.

Successful companies obviously have people with ideas and energy.

Digitas is a company that's very rapidly changing - the digital world changes every day. It's important we hire people who are curious about what's going on and who are willing to learn and want to learn. I look for core leadership traits.

As an entrepreneur, one of my biggest struggles is that you have to focus, but you also have to expand.

Big ideas developed in a vacuum are doomed from the start. Feedback is the essential tool for building and growing a successful company.

Business is about more than just money. It's about being creative and innovative.

As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever.

Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.

I'm not looking to... I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a trick like Amyris, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel?

I have a great team who has helped me build Biocon, I was very fortunate to be able to share my vision with a group of people who really were as excited about challenges as I was.

I'm always trying to find something new for my customers. Every season, I try to top myself and push it a little further.

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.

We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.

There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.

Innovation and corporate governance are extremely important to improve the profitability of Japanese companies and encourage them to increase wages, capital spending, and dividends.

In the first three years of Mint, from when it was founded to when it was sold, I can honestly say that in a sustainable way, I couldn't have worked any harder on it.

I think, as an entrepreneur, you have to see the unlimited amount of potential but concentrate on your day and just keep building.

The essence of good business is knowing when to step on a train and when to step off.