Alan Schaaf Quotes

I had to quit a 'real job' to start my first company.

Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do.

When I started my first company, I still had a 40-hour a week job. I was working on my company on nights and weekends before I took the plunge and gave up a salary.

My father was a chef but hadn't owned his own business. I didn't like that. In my heart of hearts, I knew I wanted to be in business.

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual.

I believe for the first time in history, entrepreneurship is now a viable career.

It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur.

I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.

I think I probably had to start a company, because I don't think I can work for other people.

I never had a job. I never saw myself working for corporate business.

The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that.

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

I was a salary man for so many years. I never had to worry about the ins and outs of business or entrepreneurship or funding. I just had to show up and do my job. And then, all of a sudden, I was having to be responsible for my own business.

I'm not ambitious and I don't need to work for The Man.

When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'

I can't begrudge anyone who opts to get a job instead of creating one for themselves.

I started working at age thirteen. I'm a product of public schools, I'm a product of a public university. I started my first company when I was 21. I've subsequently never worked for anybody else. I started that first business when I was still in college.

I definitely would like to run my own businesses by the time I'm 27, maybe, and then come away from the spotlight.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. It is a high-risk, high-reward proposition.

I love the fact that I don't have a real job!

I guess one of the main things you realize when you work as an entrepreneur is that it's long days, long hours.