Learning from other's successes and failures is the entrepreneur's best secret. Here are several great quotes to inspire our conversation about your plans (from, where else, Entrepreneur) ...
Jim Koch, Founder of Boston Beer Co. and Samuel Adams Boston Lager
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Spanx Inventor and Founder Sara Blakely
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Mashable Founder Pete Cashmore
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Gurbaksh Chahal, Serial Entrepreneur and RadiumOne Founder
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Marcia Kilgore, Founder of Bliss Spa, Soap and Glory and FitFlop
"Get
everything in writing, especially with business partners. When you're
starting out, things can be quite friendly and exciting, but people's
memory can change due to money. Obviously, better to have a lawyer do
it, but at least have some written recollection that you are partners,
who's responsible for what, and how much money each of you put in."
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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
"Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy."
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Caterina Fake, Co-founder of Flickr and Hunch
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Meetup Co-Founder Scott Heiferman
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DailyCandy Founder Dany Levy
"Don't
spend money until you have money. When we used to put candy in our
media kits, I would go to the Duane Reade store the day after Easter
because the candy was on sale. Of course, it's important to spend on
certain things in the beginning. You need good servers but you don't
need Aeron desk chairs."
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Go Daddy Founder Bob Parsons
"What
I learned from Rockefeller that's off-the-hook important is: You need
to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure
everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves."
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Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran Group Founder, Shark Tank Judge and Investor
HomeAway Co-Founder Brian Sharples
"A
good idea is not enough. Business aren't just about ideas, businesses
are about execution. Don't get too enamored with your own idea. Other
people are going to have that same idea or something similar. You have
to build a better team to execute it. You're only human, nobody has all
the skills required to make a business work. [Ask yourself] what people
are required to make it work for this idea, for this business?"
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