Robert Herjavec Quotes
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If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.
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You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.
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People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.
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I look for the entrepreneur to capture my attention. If you don't come out with a great presentation, you're dead. That's a big red flag.
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I like to invest in people that I like to hang with.
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You have to have something bigger than you. You have to have a goal that is greater than you.
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I don't look at failure as death, I don't look at failure as finality. I just look at it and pick myself up and say 'we shouldn't have done that' and move on.
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Without the ability to visualize a goal and believe it will be reached, nothing of substance will be achieved. Not by anybody. Not at any time. Not in any place.
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I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.
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Successful businesspeople retain a quality most others not only lack but often fail to comprehend, and that's the unrelenting drive to convert a vision into reality. They are driven to realize this goal in a manner that appears to defy logic among others who lack this drive.
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If you're emotional and you're great at something, the money will follow.
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When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.
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I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.
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Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.
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Don't ever be enamored by what something sells for. It's more important what you get to keep in your pocket.
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The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.
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I'm a very nice guy, but don't mistake my kindness for weakness.
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Don’t start a business. Find a problem, Solve a problem, The business comes second.
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Older cars tend to drive like older cars. That is not for me.
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If you’re hard on yourself, life will be easy on you.
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Work hard...have fun...be nice...play fair...dream big. We only get one chance at this life. If you're going to play this game, play it to win.
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Cash is the lifeblood of your business. There are very few things in business that will kill you, but running our of cash is one of those things. You can recover from almost any other mistake, but if you run out of cash you're dead.
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What is great about entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs create the tangible from the intangible.
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People who succeed in life have a need for something greater than themselves.
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Some people will lie to you because they mean to. Others will do it to tell you what you want to hear.
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Work-life balance is one of the biggest misconceptions people have.
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I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else.
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I balance my meals. I have never been a big dessert guy.
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Be risky at work. Be safe with your investments.
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You can't rush the miles. No matter how fast I run, the five miles isn't going to be done in the first five minutes.
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