Paul Hawken Quotes

A lot of people who own a business aren't entrepreneurial at all.

… good luck and good timing are huge components of outsized success in entrepreneurial endeavors. Lots of things have to go right, and the planets have to align; that certainly happened in Amazon’s case. Our timing turned out to be very good. And so you can’t sit down to write a business plan and say you’re going to build a multibillion-dollar corporation; that’s unrealistic.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

I've given a lot of talks over the years on the subject of entrepreneurship. The first thing I find I have to do is to dispel the persistent myth that entrepreneurial success is all about innovative thinking and breakthrough ideas.

A three-to-six month course can give priority and direction on the five or six important things that entrepreneurs need to do first.

I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.

Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business.

Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.

Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility.

There's one thing I've learned about entrepreneurs' business plans. Every one is wrong.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing.

From a relatively early age I got interested in business.

My business acumen is definitely growing.

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

Entrepreneurs bring to business... creativity.

Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next.

Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.

It's important for founders to think about how they would build their company from scratch - again.

I enjoy business, being an entrepreneur on every level. I really enjoy it.

For entrepreneurs, ignorance is not bliss. It's fatal. It's costly. And it's for losers. You either get organized, or get crushed.

Business fascinates me. It's very creative.