Quotes About New Ventures

#1. None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures. - Author: J. B. Pritzker

#2. In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick with it ... Once I have a vision for a new venture, I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off. - Author: Russell Simmons

#3. Not to innovate is the single largest reason for the decline of existing organizations. Not to know how to manage is the single largest reason for the failure of new ventures. - Author: Peter F. Drucker

#4. My website inspired me to create my book club and provides me with a creative outlet where I can write about things that interest me. It's a platform where I can present ideas or new ventures and get feedback straight from the people who mean the most to me. - Author: Lauren Conrad

#5. Every time I go into a new venture, I find a "rabbi" who has the business acumen to help me understand the mechanics of that industry, the costs involved in developing a product, and what you need to do in order to make a profit. - Author: Russell Simmons

#6. The healthier a new venture and the faster it grows, the more financial feeding it requires. - Author: Peter Drucker

#7. Guitar music or rock n' roll or whatever you want to call it sort of goes away with trends, but it'll never go away completely. It can't die because it's so fundamentally attractive. - Author: Alex Turner

#8. The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind. - Author: Charles Kettering

#9. Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off. - Author: Tom Peters

#10. I've witnessed first hand the impact the Benchmark team has had on new ventures, and I believe their commitment to the entrepreneur and dedication to building companies of lasting value really set the firm apart. - Author: Mitch Lasky

#11. Before I embark on any new venture, I ask myself: will the joy of doing this make me lose track of any concern for time? If the answer is yes, I proceed! - Author: Alice Walker

#12. That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you. - Author: Amby Burfoot

#13. Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. - Author: Norman Mailer

#14. An economy open to new concepts and novel ventures is bound to generate unequal gains. - Author: Edmund Phelps

#15. Life ... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of. - Author: Anita Brookner

#16. When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things. - Author: Felix Dennis

#17. It's no wonder that new ventures such as The Daily look first to Gawker Media when staffing up. We should not wait for a poaching expedition to pay someone what they deserve. I apologize if that has been the case and will do better in 2012. - Author: Nick Denton

#18. At 88 years old - with every intention of living decades longer - I'm still running a company, writing articles, launching new ventures, and fully enjoying life. - Author: David H. Murdock

#19. 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. - Author: Richard Branson

#20. My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around. - Author: Richard Branson

#21. The world seemed quite willing to accept misunderstood artists, misunderstood thieves, and even peasants who dreamed of royalty. But nobody knew what to do with a misunderstood philologist. Other than run him out of town for bringing the dragons down on them. - Author: Brandon Sanderson

#22. Pliable human nature is relentlessly pressed upon by its physical environment. - Author: Jane Addams

#23. I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to that rule myself. - Author: Richard Branson

#24. Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as in the face of all good or evil. - Author: Plutarch

#25. The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital ... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. - Author: John F. Kennedy