Ben Casnocha Quotes

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.

For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'

My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.

If opening your own business is the dream, then it must start with a Dream - not only to understand what it is that you want to do, but also, how you are going to build something better than the same chaotic environment you just left.

Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don'ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different my life and career might have been.

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

It's tough for people to get into business, especially a small business.

Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.

The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

It's a completely different thing, but there's so many things I learned from being an athlete that helped me in business. The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.

Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan.

I watch 'Shark Tank,' of course. It's very entertaining. I think it's actually good to help people think about the business they might start, and sometimes you get encouraged by looking at someone going into business and saying, 'Hey, I could do that.'

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

Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.

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

Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all.

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.

Running a business anywhere isn't easy.

When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions.

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

From the time I was a kid, I was always interested in any and all kinds of new business ideas.

For the last five years I've been in the production business.

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.