Paul Zane Pilzer Quotes

See yourself as self employed.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for myself. I'm now the CEO of Starfish Media Group, my production company, in New York City.

Anytime you own a small business, it's all you. There is nobody to fall back on.

The Way I See It: If you're worried about getting a job-or keeping one-start a company of your own. By doing so, you'll reap the rewards of your hard work and you'll only get fired if you fail. This is the land of opportunity. Live in it.

I'm a man without a corporation.

A person who willingly goes into business for themselves - and intentionally seeks out 'solopreneurship' - is insane!

We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

I've always loved small business.

Business owners are responsible for themselves.

You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.

Mrs Thicknesse and I agreed that a business of his own was probably the only solution for him because he was obviously unemployable.

Every individual is essentially now a small business and entrepreneur.

When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'

The problem with a job is that relying on others to give you a living is the biggest risk of all.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

That's a tough question; I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.

I am truly independently owned and operated.

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.

People don't know how hard it is to have your own business.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back.

Working for a big company is, I believe, much risker than it looks.

While still working for others, your goal at some point must be to carve out little areas that you can operate on your own, cultivating entrepreneurial skills.