Steph McGovern Quotes

When I was 9 or 10, I had a ten-cent business: I would walk your dog for a dime, go to the store for a dime, empty your garbage for a dime - and then I could use the money to buy tricks at the magic store.

I was 17 years old when I built the first store... A very simple, basic store with a basic counter - not very much equipment, all purchased second-hand. And the menu was very simple.

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.

I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit. When I was seven, I remember sticking a sign on my bedroom window that read, 'Manicures and massage, come on in.' My mother rushed in, saying, 'All these weirdos are knocking on the door.'

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

I saw these new kinds of stores: the Body Shop, the Sock Shop, and I thought to myself, 'I can do that.'

I think it'd be great to own a fun concept store with my friends and just sell books and records.

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.

I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.

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

I was pretty entrepreneurial as a kid. I had a lemonade stand. When I was 12, I arbitraged the price of 7-Eleven hot dogs; I'd buy the ones that are pre-wrapped with the bun and then sell them on the beach.

In the '90s, I went on eBay to buy some paddle tires for my four-wheeler ATV and couldn't find any. When I did find a manufacturer that sold them, I bought 20,000 and had no problem reselling them. So the next time you get mad when you can't find an item, realize there's a market waiting to be explored.

I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.

I just came from school one day and told my mom I want to start my finance company.

I was 12 years old and in summer camp. I started a company called Aardvark Industries, which provided basic services to camp counselors.

My candle-making business gives me decent money.

My husband and I are small business owners.

I always wanted to have my own boutiques. I'm so passionate about clothing and always have been so business-minded.

Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart!

We don't really want to work for a corporation; however, we do aspire to one day make a barbecue sauce that doubles as a cologne, and we would like to promote that ourselves. We would like to create a cologne barbecue sauce benchmark of success.

I created and opened a student-run coffeehouse in undergrad, and I loved it. I'd want to do that in the West Village.

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

Being an entrepreneur is more than a matter of simply starting a business.

We buy and sell goods. We buy low and sell higher - that's what we all do to make a profit. But I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.