Pier Luigi Loro Piana Quotes

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.

Business can be hard. But we need more of it.

Entrepreneurship is all about deferred gratification.

People follow proven formulas in any business.

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

Business is tough; you need tough guys.

Running a business anywhere isn't easy.

You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.

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

What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can. You build to it. But a good entrepreneur is always prepared to throttle back, put on the brakes, and if the world changes, adapt to the world.

After decades of studying the men and women that make the decision to open their own Great, Growing Company, I'd have to say it comes down to the Vision they have for that business - do they expect to build the company or just have some income for the short term?

The successful entrepreneurs on the free market will be the ones most adept at anticipating future business conditions. Yet, the forecasting can never be perfect, and entrepreneurs will continue to differ in the success of their judgments. If this were not so, no profits or losses would ever be made in business.

You have to have a business model you believe in and like.

The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.

So I think you want to keep a keen eye on things. Grab it and go. Sure, you check your financials, but don't be afraid to take a jump. Learn the trends.

I love to think about business. It's what makes me happy.

Like many of my fellow entrepreneurs, I didn't create Hearsay Social with my co-founder Steve Garrity because it would be fun and easy, but because we're at our best when faced with enormous challenges.

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.

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.