Katie McGinty Quotes

Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.

You should get as close to the power when you're pitching something. I got my two biggest breaks with the man who owned CBS and the guy that owned Paramount, because I was dealing with the guy who would say yes or no.

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

To build a great business, you have to do something hard just to be able to withstand all the competition that will later come your way.

Dealing with business and trying to create never mixes for me.

I've invested in pitches and continue to run clinics to help encourage others to do the same.

Drew and I have always been very analytical at looking at the business opportunities. We're entrepreneurs through and through.

The purpose of the capital formation presentations and roundtable discussions is to create a dialogue with business leaders, economic development organizations, business incubators, and community leaders to promote investment in Montana and support businesses as they start up and/or grow their existing operations.

I've been kicking around this business for a long time.

The foreign companies, especially oil prospects and development companies, have been in Nigeria for about two generations - 40 years and above and so on. So, they know the environment. They stayed that long. They continue to invest because they know the potential Nigeria has in oil and gas and the capacity of the people to learn and work hard.

An entrepreneur, whether man or woman, has to be willing to take help, whether financial or technical, to grow his or her 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.

If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.

My message to business leaders is clear: If you are looking to expand your business and boost the bottom line, there is no better place than Utah to do it.

As a small-business man myself, I believe strongly that improving the health of small businesses is the key to improving the economy, growing the middle class, and creating innovative products and services.

In Iowa, we're fortunate to have a public-private initiative called the EPIC Corporate Challenge. EPIC stands for 'Economic Potential for Iowa Companies and Communities.'

If you get a no, your best bet is to find out why. The more concrete your business gets, the more you'll get yeses.

New products, new markets, new investors, and new ways of doing things are the lifeblood of growth. And while each innovation carries potential risk, businesses that don't innovate will eventually diminish.

The value of small business contracting is indisputable. These firms bring healthy competition to the federal market to drive down prices. They are our nation's innovators and job creators, and securing a federal contract helps them grow and offers more benefit to the economy.

At Venture for, we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.

We need to open up private sector markets. We need to empower small business people, working Georgians, and entrepreneurs.

You can work hard and be smart, but you need to think about when you're going to be part of a startup and build it. You only have so much energy, whether you want to admit it or not.

Investment in businesses creates sustainable jobs.

Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper participation in regional markets, and a regulatory framework that fosters entrepreneurship and allows small businesses to thrive.

I think a lot of entrepreneurs think they need money to build the business faster when they actually haven't figured out the business equation yet.