These days, it seems like business owners are a dime a dozen. It can be hard to find credible entrepreneurs to look up to. Fortunately, there are still some superstar entrepreneurs out there like Adam Clarke of Macropay, who can impart inspirational stories about what it really takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
Adam Clarke, Macropay Founder & CEO
“You should not believe that the entrepreneurs you look up to are different from you. The only difference is the ability to handle failure and rejection at an incredible rate. Standing up again after getting knocked over by failure is the most important part of being an entrepreneur.”
Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week
“The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct the course along the way.”
Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.
“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.”
Spencer Fry, co-founder of CarbonMade
“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.”
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
Tony Robbins, life and business strategist, and author
“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Ray Goforth, director of strategy and partnerships at Spredfast
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.”
Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy’s
“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.”
