Bill Kurtis Quotes

Bill Hewlett and I were brought up in the Depression. We weren't interested in the idea of making any money. Our idea was if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself.

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

I was $4,000 short on my first payroll.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.

My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub.

I am still writing my own checks for more or less substantial amounts every week in order to squeeze by the weekend.

I'm scared about every dollar that comes into my business. I'm scared about what that means in Obamacare, in taxes. Every single thing that is happening to me is out of my control.

Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs.

When I started my last business, I didn't receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can't handle that pressure.

You learn really quickly how not only to be an artist, but you also become all of a sudden the CEO and owners of a company that you have to make major decisions about that I don't think we were fully prepared for in the beginning.

I was a salary man for so many years. I never had to worry about the ins and outs of business or entrepreneurship or funding. I just had to show up and do my job. And then, all of a sudden, I was having to be responsible for my own business.

Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.

If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there'd be millions of no-brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

Financial struggle is often the direct result of people working all their lives for someone else.

I'm an entrepreneur.

Running your own business is a huge amount of fun, but there's also a huge amount of seriousness, so actually, they level out.

I'm doing my best to stay off that financing scheme that relies on this one strip of capital, which is the red carpet. And - no sob story - but it's hard. It takes a while.

Britain is a proud nation of entrepreneurs, and small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

Anytime you own a small business, it's all you. There is nobody to fall back on.

The Way I See It: If you're worried about getting a job-or keeping one-start a company of your own. By doing so, you'll reap the rewards of your hard work and you'll only get fired if you fail. This is the land of opportunity. Live in it.

In today's world, working for yourself is actually the safer route, and working for a corporation has become the riskier proposition.

My money slow, my money stupid, money ditzy