“Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingWellsArtistCompanyCreativeFieldsSucceedPicksIndependentEntrepreneurMedicalEmployeePaychecksOperatorsMedical Insurance Author:Steven Pressfield
“As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.” PeopleWayKidsPlayerBasketballPaidEntrepreneurBasketball PlayerCool PeopleIdolized Author:Ben Silbermann
“I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it’s like they’re in the desert with no water, and they’re the ones that survive. But I’ve been really fortunate to have people on my team who are optimistic about the future and who know that if you work through hard times that there’s usually something good at the end.” PeopleIfsKnowsEndsHardStoriesWaterTeamEntrepreneurOptimisticDesertFortunateHard TimesThrough Hard Times Author:Ben Silbermann
“We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.” PeopleMadeGovernmentRiskTaxesIndiaEntrepreneurCompetitionAttractiveInternalsRisk-takingTax System Author:Manmohan Singh