As small business owners you could use a little juice every now and again as you’re building your business from scratch as that is the hardest thing on this planet to do.
Would you agree?
I would.
Well I have great news for you my friend. Here is a compilation of 197 quotes that will give you that extra lift you need or put some lead in your pencil to keep you going.
Without further adieu, let’s get into them.
Don’t forget to bookmark this page or heck you can print out if you wish.
Why?
Just when you feel the least bit tired pull out this list and read a couple of the quotes to get you back on track.
Sound like a plan?
Good deal.
197 inspirational quotes for small business owners that will keep that fire burning!
“I am convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucious, Philosopher
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein, Physicist
“Stay self-funded as long as possible.” – Garrett Camp, Co-Founder of Uber
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
“The greater the danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo, Artist
“Business opportunities are like buses: there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson, Chairman and Founder of Virgin Group
“Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
“When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” – Tony Robbins, Motivational Speaker
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates, Greek Philosopher
“If you want to build a successful business, make sure you have three things – a big market opportunity, great people, and more than enough capital.” – Richard Harroch, Venture Capitalist, Author, and Entrepreneur
“Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi, Football Coach
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain, Writer
“Everyone has an idea, but it’s really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.” – Jack Dorsey, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Twitter
“it’s not about money or connections, it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business. And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” – Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” Judge
“Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.” – Seth Godin, Author
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that one word would be ‘meetings’.” – Dave Barry, Humorist
“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.” – Ted Turner, Entrepreneur and Businessman
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.” – Meg Whitman, CEO of HP
“If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters.” – Claire Cook, Author
“I stand up on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.” – Robin Williams, Actor and Comedian
“If you asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” – Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison, Inventor
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” – Muhammed Ali, Boxing Champion
“Never tell your problems to anyone…20 percent don’t care and the other 80 percent are glad you have them.” – Lou Holtz, Football Coach
“You can have everything you want in life if you just help enough people get what they want in life.” – Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker
“There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.” – Michael Dell, Founder of Dell Computer
“100 percent of the shots you don’t take, don’t go in.” – Wayne Gretzky, Hockey Legend
“Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.” – Dale Carnegie, Author and Motivational Speaker
“Make your team feel respected, empowered, and genuinely excited about the company’s mission.” – Tim Westergen, Founder of Pandora
“You must put your head into the lion’s mouth if the performance is to be a success.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minster
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity,” – George S. Patton, U.S. General
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein, Physicist
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John Maxwell, Motivational Speaker and Author
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” – Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist and Philanthropist
“Screw it, let’s do it.” – Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle, Greek Philosopher and Scientist
“If you are offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” – Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker
“Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadlines to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.” – Ben Feldman, Actor
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t” – Jerry Rice, Legendary Wide Receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
“We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.” – Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
“If you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
“If you’ve got an idea, start today. There’s no better time than now to get going. That doesn’t mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100 percent from day one, but there’s always small progress that can be made to start the movement.” – Kevin Systrom, Founder of Instagram
“Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.” – Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker
“Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” – Sam Walton, Founder of Wal*Mart
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk…In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
“Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.” – Albert Einstein, Physicist
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou, Author and Post
“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.” – Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop
“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese.” – Billie Burke, Actress
“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” – Bruce Lee, Martial Arts Expert
“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” – Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer and Entrepreneur
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin, Comedian and Actor
“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien, Talk Show Host
“When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there.” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” – Donald Porter, British Airways
“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” – Samuel Johnson, Writer and Editor
“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch, Former CEO of GE
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“Social media is here. It’s not going away; not a passing fad. Be where your customers are: in social media.” – Lori Ruff, Chief Brand Evangelist
“People want to do business with you because you help them get what they want. They don’t do business with you to help you get what you want.” – Don Crowther, Social Media Expert
“Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page, Co-Founder of Google
“You must be very patient, very persistent. The world isn’t going to shower gold coins on you just because you have a good idea. You’re going to have to work like crazy to bring that idea to the attention of people. They’re not going to buy it unless they know about it.” – Herb Kelleher, Founder of Southwest Airlines
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain, Author
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” – Brian Tracy, Entrepreneur and Author
“Do an evening review at the end of the day to reflect on what went well, and what you’d do differently the next time.” – Marilyn Suttle, Author
“Never work just for money and power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night.” – Marian Wright Edelman, Activist
“You must take the time to do something that brings you joy. If you are saying to yourself, ‘I can’t do that because I have to pick up the kids, and run my business, and…and…who’s got time for fun? Are you insane?’ If you don’t have time for fun, you’ll be forced to take time for illness. Then what?” – Beth Ramsay, Author
“In business, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.” – Anonymous
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure,” – Colin Powell, U.S. General
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.” – Nolan Bushnell, Entrepreneur
“You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big, and live big.” – Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist and Philanthropist
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda, Star Wars
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” – Woody Allen, Actor and Director
“Business is like poker. You have to be able to read people. You have to understand the odds of a particular endeavor. You need to make calculated bets. And you have to get lucky.” – Richard Harroch, Venture Capitalist and Co-Author of Poker for Dummies
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” – Charles R. Swindoll, Author
“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
“What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.” – Simon Sinek, Author
“Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.” – Lee Iacocca, Former CEO of Chrysler
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President
“Don’t wait for perfection. Life isn’t perfect. Do the best you can and ship. Real people ship, and then they test and then they ship again. Then you wake up one day and you have something insanely great.” – Guy Kawasaki, Entrepreneur
“Success…is no longer a simple ascension of steps. You need to climb sideways and sometimes down, and sometimes you need to swing from the jungle gym and establish your own turf somewhere else on the playground.” – Reid Hoffman, Founder of LinkedIn
“Be nice to geeks; you’ll probably end up working for one.” – Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft
“To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” – Thomas Edison, Inventor
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte, Military Leader
“It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein, Physicist
“Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.” – Jim Rohn, Entrepreneur, Author, and Motivational Speaker
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are asking, what’s in it for me?” – Brian Tracy, Entrepreneur and Author
“When you’re first thinking through an idea, it’s important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do.” – Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
“Behind every adversity is an opportunity. If you lament over the adversity, you will miss the opportunity.” – Ajaero Tony Martins, Entrepreneur and Investor
“What business should you start today? One that you are passionate about, has a big market opportunity, can be up and running quickly, and that doesn’t require a lot of initial capital. Think internet, apps, e-commerce, and mobile.” – Richard Harroch, Venture Capitalist, Author, and Entrepreneur
“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” – Ryan Freitas, About.me Co-Founder
“Every time we launch a feature, people yell at us.” – Angelo Sotira, deviantART Co-Founder
“Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” – Anthony Volodkin, Hype Machine Founder
“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” – Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media
“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” – Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.” – Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart Publisher
“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas Edison, Co-Founder of General Electric
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” – Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder of Twitter
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” – Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA
“Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.” – Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur, and “Shark Tank judge”
“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky, Co-Founder of Behance
“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.” – Jason Fried, Founder of 37signals
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to right once.” – Drew Houston, Founder and CEO of Dropbox
“Get five or six of your smartest friend in a room and ask them to rate your idea.” – Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga
“If there’s something you want to build, but the tech isn’t there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.” – Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder of Foursquare
“Fail often so you can succeed sooner.” – Tom Kelley, partner Ideo
“Nothing works better than just improving your product.” – Joel Spolsky, Creator of Trello and Co-Founder of Stack Overflow
“It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” – Edwin Land, Co-Founder of Polaroid
“We are currently not planning on conquering the world.” – Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google
“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.” – Chris Dixon, Personal Investor
“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.” – Paul Rand, Graphic Designer
“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” – Paul Graham, Co-Founder of YCombinator
“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.” – Ryan Freitas, Co-Founder of About.me
“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.” – David Karp, Founder and CEO of Tumblr
“The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.” – Michael Arrington, Founder and Co-Editor of TechCrunch
“I don’t think an economic slump will hurt good ideas.” – Rob Kalin, Founder of Etsy
“The last 10% it takes to launch something that takes as much energy as the first 90%.” – Rob Kalin, Founder of Etsy
“Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” – Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” – Guy Kawasaki, Entrepreneur
“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.” – Joel Spolsky, CEO of Stack Exchange
“I doubt I’ll ever go back to corporate work. Once you see the light, there is no turning back.” – Magnus Jepson, Co-Founder of WooThemes
“Stay self-funded as long as possible.” – Garrett Camp, Founder of Expa, Uber, and StumbleUpon
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” – Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter
“The only thing worse than starting something and failing…is not starting something.” – Seth Godin, Founder of Squidoo, Author, and blogger
“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.'” – Tom Preston-Werner, Co-Founder of Github
“Turn a perceived risk into an asset.” – Aaron Patzer, Founder of Mint
“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.” – Bob Parsons, Founder of GoDaddy
“Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market.” – Jason Calacanis, Founder of LAUNCH Ticker
“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the week.” – Spencer Fry, Co-Founder of CarbonMade
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for people who want to change the world.” – Marc Benioff, CEO of SalesForce
“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.” – Jake Nickell, Founder and CEO of Threadless
“See things in the present, even if they are in the future.” – Larry Ellison, Co-Founder of Oracle
“If you’re going to put your product in beta – put your business model in beta with it.” – Joe Kraus, Google Ventures Partner
“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.” – Peter Shankman, Founder of HARO
“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.” – Jason Cohen, Founder of Smart Bear Software
“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.” – Noah Everett, Founder of Twitpic
“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.” – Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell
“Data beats emotions.” – Sean Rad, Founder of Adly and Tinder
“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.” – Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.” – Larry Page, Co-Founder of Google
“A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. what its product is. 2. Who its customers are. 3. How to make money.” – Dave McClure. Co-Founder of 500Startups
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
“All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
“Before dreaming about the future or making plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you – as entrepreneurs do.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo-game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.” – Steve Case, Co-Founder of AOL
“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.” – Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO
“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.” – Sara Blakely, Founder of SPANX
“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” – Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy’s
“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” – Donald Trump, President of the Trump Organiztion
“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company
“Behold the turtle, he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” – Bruce Levin
“Fearlessness is like muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.” – Arianna Huffington, President of The Huffington Post Media Group
“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” – Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Benjamin Franklin
“You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.” – Steve Case, Co-Founder of AOL
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney, Founder of Disney
“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.” – Fred Wilson, Co-Founder of Union Square Ventures
“We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.” – Pete Cashmere, CEO and Founder of Mashable
“I like to pride myself on thinking pretty long-term, but not that long-term.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
“Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page, Co-Founder of Google
“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” – Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” – Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft
“Even if you don’t have the perfect idea to begin with, you can likely adapt.” – Victoria Ransom, Co-Founder of Wildfire Interactive
“High expectations are the key to everything.” – Sam Walton, Founder of Wal*Mart
“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give – with a few exceptions – generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of the over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” – Ben Silbermann, Founder of Pinterest
“You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.” – Russell Simmons, Founder of Def Jam
“You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
“Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don’t let the bastards get you down.” – Michael Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P.
“Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself!” – Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer and Entrepreneur
“I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.” – Harland Sanders, Founder of KFC
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake, Co-Founder of Flickr
“Trust your instincts.” – Estee Lauder, Founder of Estee Lauder
“There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company. But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world.” – Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote
“If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” – Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s
“Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.” – James Cash Penney, Founder of J.C. Penney
“Sustaining a successful business is a hell of a lot of work, and staying hungry is half the battle.” – Wendy Tan White, Co-Founder and CEO of MoonFruit
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft
“If you define yourself by how you differ from the competition, you’re probably in trouble.” – Omar Hamoui, Co-Founder of AdMob
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple
“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
“Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.” – Lisa Stone, CEO and Co-Founder of BlogHer
“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.” – Pierre Omidyar, Chairman and Founder of Ebay
“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.” – Kyle Bragger, Founder of Forrst
“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.” – Josh James, CEO and Co-Founder of Omniture
“An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.” – Edwin Land, Co-Founder of Polaroid
There you have it 197 inspirational quotes for small business owners that will put some lead in your pencil.
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Conclusion
Do you have a customer acquisition process in place for your business?
Is that process working?
Is that process efficient?
Is that process cost-effective for your business?
If you could improve that process would you?
Do you need help in figuring out which parts of your process should stay or go?
If you’re answering “Yes” to all of these questions then my hats off to you. Business must be awesome!
Otherwise you and I should talk. Let’s see how I can get you to where you want to be.
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