Paul Prudhomme Quotes

Entrepreneurs love to view risk as binary. The more you put on the line, the greater the potential for reward.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

For small businesses trying to figure out how to get big, I would say you are going to have to take some risks. And I think that is what shuts off most people. They are not willing take the risk.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

One reason why entrepreneurs are admired is that they often take on a degree of risk in launching a new business.

You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth.

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

They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.

I have great expectations for our company; pretzels were just the beginning.

There would really be no reason to get up in the morning if Founders Fund was not willing to invest in companies that were doing important things, great businesses that very few people believe in.

Well, as we built the business in the 1990's, as I said, I enjoyed that.

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.

I was honored to start a small business and to borrow an enormous amount of money and to build piece upon piece, place upon place, building upon building and product upon product, throughout the United States and eventually Europe and facilities around the world.

I'm in favour of entrepreneurial, risk-taking businesses that create great products and services.

As a new entrepreneur, you need a stake in the game, but you can't risk it all.

Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.

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.

I already have enough apparel businesses that are either doing well or not really doing anything at all, and I'm looking to broaden my portfolio.

An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.

After I met my partner, Mr. Protherow, we decided to start a banking project, and at the same time we started to think already about a business on a bigger scale. At the very beginning we thought more about gaining money, to have a normal life with our families, etc.

Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.