Parker Conrad Quotes

Running a business anywhere isn't easy.

People don't know how hard it is to have your own business.

There are new challenges every day when starting a business and growing a brand, but I'm fortunate to have an amazing team that is always willing to work hard and navigate through whatever obstacle comes our way.

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan.

I didn't realize how hard it was to run a small business.

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.

We still have to keep betting on markets like America that are full of opportunities to grow, even if we have to work our heads off to do it.

When you start a new company, you have to do it all. Yes, all of it.

Opening a business is going to be hard work, no matter what choices you make. If you decide to fall on your sword and just slog through all the work as an operator instead of an owner, then you take responsibility for the entire operation and the actions of the business.

I'm running a business.

Whenever you start a new business, the sheer number of variables at hand makes failure a constant possibility.

A lot of people want to start a business, and they're like, 'I wanna start a business, give me some money to invest.' Where is your business plan? Are you investing money yourself into your own business? How is this going to work? People think that they can just come to you with an idea and have money.

The recession's high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a company to create jobs.

Lots of people have plenty of ideas; lots of people have plenty of money, but in the end, if you want to turn that money into profit, you have to do it through others.

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

It's tough for people to get into business, especially a small business.

Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.

I always knew I wanted to start my own line. Nights and weekends, I would work on my business plan.

In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That's how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, 'You gotta build it.' I say, 'I have to believe in it.'

To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditch or a 3,000-person, vertically integrated brand, you need to have the wherewithal to run your business through investment, considering everything from start-up funds to your exit plan or what it takes to go public.

Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all.

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

Start small; get to know the landscape. We take risks but not major risks. We always started with small capital - €4m in Holland, $10m in Russia - and as we get to know the landscape of a country, we think about other businesses.