Walter O'Brien Quotes

We started the company out of frustration with the employer that we had because we were building great stuff and there was no way that this stuff was ever going to get into the hands of the people who could use it.

If you are an entrepreneur, you have to think outside of the box.

A person who sees a problem is a human being; a person who finds a solution is visionary; and the person who goes out and does something about it is an entrepreneur.

I call myself an accidental entrepreneur. I was all set to take up a brewing job in Scotland when a chance encounter with an Irish entrepreneur led me to set up a biotech business in India instead.

I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone.

The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.

My sister and I had a lemonade stand - with a two-drink minimum.

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

Based on my experience, I would say that rather than taking lessons in how to become an entrepreneur, you should jump into the pool and start swimming.

There is, in fact, nothing easy about being an entrepreneur.

Since I was born and raised in Brazil, the steps to becoming an entrepreneur in the United States have not always been easy.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, I was an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Kauffman Foundation working with Jana Matthews on 'learning programs for high growth entrepreneurs.'

I'm not sure people would think of me in this light, but frankly, what I enjoyed most about Bain & Company, the consulting firm, was the analytical process of solving tough problems.

An entrepreneur is not a person who starts a company, but he is the person who actually solves a problem.

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

I built my business, and WWE brought my business in. I want to be successful in my business and, in turn, make WWE successful.

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

I don't want to be a basketball player that's a businessman. I want to be a businessman that's a business.

I am not Richard Branson.

When I explained my business model to my family, they asked if I was going to open a travel agency.

As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into the business.

In the sixth grade, I planned to start my own business making custom fishing lures.

Like many entrepreneurs, I started out in sales. I began at 14, when I got a job selling shoes and tennis rackets at a pro shop, and I've been selling one thing or another ever since.

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