Anne F. Beiler Quotes

From my point of view, what I really like, what I think is really terrific about my work, is that the company's had the opportunity to train literally thousands and thousands of brand new franchisees to successfully run their very first business.

Before me, there was no money, no business with yoga.

I'm one of the lucky directors that pretty much every movie I've done has started a franchise. But I never think this way. I think that's the way you break it, if you go, 'then at the end, at the end we'll see you later.' I was forced to do it in 'Clash of the Titans.'

Again, a franchise to me doesn't have to be a billion dollar title.

My dad started his business, No Limit, for himself.

I never really thought I'd have the opportunity to run this business. It's an industry I grew up in. I watched EDS being formed in our living room at night.

Higher unemployment generally bodes well for franchising. People are looking for a new opportunity, and people who have jobs are a little less confident they'll always have a job.

I think it's great to be a part of a franchise that is successful. Any franchise is successful because it's a continuation and people have seen it.

I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.

I've always loved small business.

I own a couple of restaurants in places like Dubai and Sharjah.

When I was 19, my dad got sick, and I quit college to take over his business, a coffee shop on 19th Street, below Dupont Circle in D.C. I had been working there since I was 11 years old, so it was not a stretch to think that I could do it, but my record as a teenager, in many respects, was less than stellar.

My family was pretty solidly middle-class. We had a furniture store out near Connie Mack Stadium, and when Dad died, my mom took it over.

I am an entrepreneur. Beyond that, I am a mother and part of a wonderful family that is part of a wonderful business.

My father built a small manufacturing business. I worked alongside him and saw firsthand the challenges that business owners face.

I will continue to help run my father's company.

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

I started my first company when I was 18 and learned by trial through fire, having no formal education or entrepreneurial experience.

I came from an entrepreneurial family. My father and five generations of people in my family do not make good employees.

The original 'CSI' grew stronger once the spinoffs became entrenched. Like any good franchise, when there's a great story to be told, viewers can't get enough.

Long story short: I didn't start out thinking I'd be a tech entrepreneur.

Being an entrepreneur doesn't make you a rich tycoon and being an innovator doesn't mean that you're successful. It just means that you're interesting.

It's a given that if you start your own business, you're going to be (1) in control of your destiny, and (2) real busy.

I honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.