Anthony Pratt Quotes

In 1983, I set up Caxton Corp. It's been an interesting and happy ride since.

In the first three years of Mint, from when it was founded to when it was sold, I can honestly say that in a sustainable way, I couldn't have worked any harder on it.

What I've learned in my career is that it takes the same amount of effort to build a $10bn company as it does a $1bn company; you as the entrepreneur are going to put your entire life, your entire effort into it.

Everybody starts with creating or acquiring certain property in order to create the material to work with. When we started our business, we thought first of all about development, how to grow, and we managed to do this, even with all the difficulties and all the difficult rules that were implemented in Russia at that time.

It took about 10 years' time for Shopify to be an overnight success.

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

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

Before me, there was no money, no business with yoga.

Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.

If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.

There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy!

You can't go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years.

No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.

Prove to yourself that your business, in micro-scale at least, creates value. If you believe it, you'll find it that much easier to convince potential investors, partners and employees, too.

Other men have created FTSE 100 companies. But I believe no man has done this in his lifetime without acquisition or borrowing. My one regret is handing over the reigns.

My original business plan? To work hard, get 300 clients in the Rochester area, and live happily ever after.

Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.

Well, as we built the business in the 1990's, as I said, I enjoyed that.

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

As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business.

I was lucky enough to co-found a business in college that ended up with 400 employees, and I launched 20 different projects while I was there - a project a week.

Businesses must invest in products and people in order to create new wealth.