Elizabeth Hurley Quotes

I always knew I wanted to start my own line. Nights and weekends, I would work on my business plan.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

I endorsed supplements for about 15-20 years and made a lot of people a lot of money, so I figured I should do my own line and make my own money.

I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.

I would love to have my own lingerie line.

You need to invent things and you need to get them to people. You need to commercialize those inventions. Obviously, the best way we've come up with doing that is through companies.

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

Designing is so easy - it's the business that is hard. That's why you really have to respect Ralph Lauren - look at what he's done. Anybody who can sustain themselves should be applauded.

Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing off the moment. I wanna be consistently doing that - capitalizing off every move I make.

The only warning I'd give is - make sure you are strong enough and committed enough in your business pursuits. It is commitment and belief, not just the bottom line, that should drive you.

When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy.

I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop, and so I've always had people buying them. I could always sell a few, even if I couldn't sell a lot, and somehow my business grew because people happened to like it. I'm in a fortunate position.

When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.

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

I define leadership as: Emotionally, you own your business. You own it with passion. And you either have or you don't have an economic investment. But when you have all three of those, you are the boss from Day One, and you care every single day more than anyone.

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

Before I started WeWork, I owned a baby clothing company based in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

When you're starting your own business it's really important to think through your plan: what's the idea, why is it relevant to the market, how much money you are going to invest, how are you going to tell people about it.

Several nutrition companies have approached me over the years to endorse a number of different products. Some worked; some didn't - so I decided to create my own brand.

I have my Icy brand, so one day when I do have the time I'll create my own fashion line.

Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.

If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle.

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

I launched my website when many in my fraternity had not even heard of the concept. Then I tried my hand at make-up business which has made life simpler for actors.

I knew, back when I was starting up, that if I had something that could be developed for the mass market, I could really take it forward.