Tim O'Reilly Quotes

When we started WeWork it really was thought of holistically.

We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do.

When I go back into education, I'm going to do business studies.

I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.

Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.

I've always had to create my own markets and I've always been at a juncture in my career.

I have no doubt that my M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business was one of the best investments I ever made. It helped me climb the corporate ladder and become an entrepreneur.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work.

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

I want to get my MBA. I want to create my own business. When I'm finished with football, I want a seamless transition to life and work and what I've dreamed about doing all my life.

I think that anyone who wants to start their own business can, but not any type of business.

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.

All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.

I definitely will reach out to Cuban in the near future for advice going forward. Now that I'll be on the business side of things - and he's had a lot of success with that - that would be a guy to go to.

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

My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

The world is ready for a more sophisticated 'TMZ.' If there's one thing I've learned, it's that any dummy with a half-decent idea can become a billionaire.

My hope is always to be able to find well-written, interesting material with good people and then actually be able to get those jobs.

I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?

LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

At the end of the day, of course I want to continue to be successful at Madrid; I want to be important here. I have never hidden from that.