If I had a formula, I would have launched newcomers every year or maybe, every quarter.
The day I graduated, I skipped the ceremony to go straight to California for the dot-com boom.
Venture-backed startups with billion dollar market caps are called 'unicorns' because they are supposed to be rare mythical creatures that few entrepreneurs will ever ride.
Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses.
When I was 14 and I wanted to buy stuff, I didn't like asking for stuff from my parents, so I started a couple companies, and the last one ended up being my studio.
Once my ears were open to hearing mentions of 'Shark Tank', I was surprised by how many people in our world, even in our industry, tech and finance, loved the show.
We have the Nasdaq private market. But we also want to make sure that every investor has an opportunity to ultimately join in growth and the success of these great companies that we have that have been formed in the United States.
Small business is America's engine of job creation.
Big companies have no future …. There are no more advantages to big business. There are only disadvantages.
Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.
I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basically self-made millionaires who have either come up with their own business or clothing... I came up with the idea of designing clothes.
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
I saw these new kinds of stores: the Body Shop, the Sock Shop, and I thought to myself, 'I can do that.'
Dad was a pure entrepreneur. The dinner conversations weren't like, 'Did the Yankees win today?'
I believe for the first time in history, entrepreneurship is now a viable career.
Today as an entrepreneur you have more options.
The government's not going to create jobs. It doesn't have to. People have to create jobs.
Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes.
And, you know, I came out of college in the early '90s. That was a great time to exit school and get a job in the dot-com world and get educated.
In New Hampshire, we know that small businesses and entrepreneurs are the engines of economic growth in the 21st-century economy, and our state has long been defined by the entrepreneurial spirit of our people.
Frankly, as an entrepreneur, you can do only one thing and be a part of it, but through investing in different ventures, you can be a part of something new and what others are trying to build.
I have always been fascinated by entrepreneurship.
There's no more silicon in Silicon Valley. It's all iPhone apps.
We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
I wouldn't say that I know a lot about 'Silicon Valley'. I live in Boston, for one thing. And I don't live and breathe this stuff the way most of the guys out there do.
