Damon Dash Quotes

True entrepreneurshi p comes only from risk-taking.

At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see.

I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.

The future will be owned and operated by the entrepreneurial ly minded.

I think the hallmark of a really good entrepreneur is that you're not really going to build one specific company. The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work for anyone else. You have to start your own thing. It almost doesn't matter what that thing is.

I'm a big believer in being an entrepreneur. It's easy for me to say because I work for myself and I am someone who likes that process. You have control over your destiny.

Entrepreneurs are motivated by independence as well as challenge, knowing they are ultimately responsible for themselves. Monetary success is certainly helpful, but it often becomes more of a score card than anything else.

Anyone can be an entrepreneur. All it takes is a little drive and ambition.

There is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration.

If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, ‘This sucks, I’m going to do my own thing.’

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

The act of being an entrepreneur is a theological act: it is a belief that God has given you the tools to go out, make money and take care of your family.

I never knew anything other than wanting to be an entrepreneur. I tried my first business when I was 6 years old, and I started another business when I was 8. I don't think I knew anything besides that.

I intentionally built a business that has absolutely nothing to do with appearance.

I'm an optimist. You can't be an entrepreneur if you're not essentially an optimist, so I'm an optimist by nature.

I've never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur. I think of an entrepreneur as someone who wants to make a lot of money. That has never been at the top of my list.

The entrepreneurial spirit is the hallmark of the American economic system

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity. Trade makes men independent of one another and gives them a high idea of their personal importance: it leads them to want to manage their own affairs and teaches them to succeed therein. Hence it makes them inclined to liberty but disinclined to revolution.

At the end of the day, I'm the biggest boss. I'm self-made.

I feel like 2012 was the first year I actually felt like a grown-up.

When the kids were growing up, they learned to be independent. I told them, 'As long as you're doing something good, it's worth pursuing.' That's why I invested in them in the first place and gave them as much as I could for their first company, Zip2.

I'm a rapper to a lot of people. But I'm also someone who is very entrepreneurial.

Well, you know, I've always been an entrepreneur. I've had it out of necessity.

All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.