Tavi Gevinson Quotes

I was 17 years old when I built the first store... A very simple, basic store with a basic counter - not very much equipment, all purchased second-hand. And the menu was very simple.

Well, darling, you can have your tearoom now.

I've always wanted to buy a bookstore. You know, sell some of those muffins and a little coffee. I don't care if we make any money. I don't want to lose a lot of money, but we could visit with people and get books.

There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

I saw these new kinds of stores: the Body Shop, the Sock Shop, and I thought to myself, 'I can do that.'

Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.

EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics.

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.

We buy and sell goods. We buy low and sell higher - that's what we all do to make a profit. But I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.

At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.

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

I'm running a business.

If I'd really known how hard I was going to have to work behind the scenes to have any kind of business, I think I would have stopped.

I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.

My first attempt at a business was a jumble sale which I ran at the end of my next door neighbour's drive. I used to rummage through her garage, looking for anything that I thought people might buy. I'd then set up a table and try to sell what I could to the people walking by.

The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.

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.

When you're finished, bars are not inherently profitable. You got to work at them to make them profitable.

A lot of people want to start a business, and they're like, 'I wanna start a business, give me some money to invest.' Where is your business plan? Are you investing money yourself into your own business? How is this going to work? People think that they can just come to you with an idea and have money.

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