New Venture Quotes

What valuable company is nobody building?

It was something of a personal challenge for me to come up with a business suitable for the Internet world and the Internet age.

I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business.

I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up.

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

I did have a deal for a little while a cigar company that never really materialized that much, except that I ended up with 100 boxes of my own cigars with my signature on them. Which is great, they are wonderful cigars but they never really fulfilled out so now I'm out of it. I can sign up with somebody else or go pick a blend or whatever. I probably will, there is no sense in not doing it.

I decided to launch a fragrance because Aeropostale approached me about creating one, and it's something that I kind of always wanted to do but didn't think it would actually happen. So when I heard I had the opportunity to create my own perfume, I got super excited.

The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.

It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

There is a challenge of doing something new. Sometimes you have to suspend whether you believe in yourself doing it and just give yourself over to the idea that they believe in you.

The point of launching a maternity line, for me, was to do something different.

Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life.

Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory.

I never thought about branding when we were starting our production company.

I am looking at opening a school of social engineering. The McAfee School of Social Engineering has a nice ring to it. Beyond that, it is hard to say what life will bring my way.

I thought it'd be cool to start my own university, in a way.

I've had a lot of successes as a songwriter, and I really have nothing to prove in that arena, so I'm just excited about the next challenge of pursuing this artist thing.

If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.

Stop hoping for a promotion that's not coming. Instead, start a business at which you want to work.

When we start a new venture, we base it on hard research and analysis. Typically, we review the industry and put ourselves in our customer's shoes to see what we could do better.

I could imagine, some number of years from now, starting my own company. But not yet. Not for a while.

I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.

In getting Under Armour started, like any business, I think, number one, you need a great idea.

I am looking forward to working with the great staff of Loud & Proud Records, some of whom I worked very closely with during their time at Roadrunner and my time with Dream Theater. I look forward to continuing that relationship with The Winery Dogs!

The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.