#entrepreneurs

For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

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But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does. ↗

— Reed Hastings

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Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual. ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

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Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

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Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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The first - the most obvious (test of a true social entrepreneur) - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea... The idea - making it happen across society - is something they are married to in the full sense of the word. One key test of that is this: Is this an idea that you see growing out of their whole life? I get very, very suspicious when I see someone who had an idea two years ago. It just doesn't ring true. Because with the typical entrepreneur you can see the roots of the interest when they're very young. There's a real coherence to people's lives. ↗

— Bill Drayton

#social-change #social-entrepreneurship #change

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. ↗

— Victor Kiam

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When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger. ↗

— John Stossel

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