Karren Brady Quotes

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

Our region's economy was built upon their entrepreneurial spirit, and our economy still depends on the continued success of the enterprises they have worked so hard to create.

It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.

There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

I eventually settled in Washington, where my partners and I have been fortunate to build a restaurant business that now employs thousands of Americans across the country.

You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

I sensed my chance and embraced the telecom business. I started marketing telephones, answering/fax machines under the brand name Beetel, and the company picked up really fast.

Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.

I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business.

Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.

The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.

I hope we business people can invest more aggressively outside Metro Manila, whether in real estate, factories, or other enterprises, in order to give equal opportunities to all other regions.

As a businessman, I know President Obama understands what it takes to spark economic growth, because I have seen him in action.

We need to get out of the way of the small business owner - and big business owners - and allow them to do what government can only dream of doing: creating jobs and thereby creating wealth.

When I returned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972, my father was running a forging business with a turnover of Rs 3.5 crore. But I had no patience and wanted to grow the business via exports.

I believe we're the party of small business.

Supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is our best chance for economic progress.

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.

The Obama administration believes in experts and blue-ribbon panels. They believe in creating new agencies and boards. They believe in all that, but they just don't trust the entrepreneur's ability to grow her own business and to create jobs.