Theo Paphitis Quotes

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.

Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.

This industry is a business - I'm a business myself, and I want to be able to run my own business.

I meet a lot of people with my BBC Breakfast job who have great businesses.

I know this business better than most people, and I'm extremely passionate about it.

A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.

Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it.

I want to help small businesses grow and thrive. I know how to make that happen. I spent my life in the private sector. I know why jobs come and why they go.

But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.

My father was a small business owner. When I was growing up, he ran a one-hour photo store - back when there were one-hour photo stores.

The Entrepreneurial Perspective is absolutely necessary for the creation of a great, growing business.

I spend most of my career as a management consultant, a businessman working with family-owned small and medium-sized businesses. The businesses that make up the core of our economy.

I believe that starting any business should be as easy as a 10-year-old starting a lemonade stand.

More entrepreneurs are looking to come back to start businesses, and that is where SBA is perfectly positioned to be helping more people to realize their dreams.

Your success starts with how you are able to get clients in the door, get their business, and leave them satisfied. If you, personally, have to spend too much time doing that, you have simply bought yourself a job, not an enterprise. Take hints from success stories all around you!

An entrepreneur, whether man or woman, has to be willing to take help, whether financial or technical, to grow his or her business.

Launching a successful product or startup has little to do with luck. Any business that gains traction on the market is the result of very careful strategizing and market analysis, not to mention the development of an original product or service.

I am always looking for ways to expand my brand.

Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.

The biggest pieces of my business are not public. Maybe I'll tell all the details when I'm 50 or 60.

People think they need to hire someone to do their PR, but 99 percent of PR in the early stages is stuff you can do yourself. It's just like business development - there's the warm-up intro, followup to build relationships, then add something of value.

My passion is creating and marketing. That's what I'm really, really good at, and that's what I find the most stimulating for my brain to work on, so that's what I really, really want to do as opposed to product creation.

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

It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.

For years, I pitched a reality show because I thought it would be good for business.