Entrepreneur Quotes

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art.

~ Richie Norton

People who say it's just business are lying. It's a deceptive and manipulative tactic used by weak minds. Anyone who has ever run or been in business knows that a business will fail if the relationships are not healthy. Business is the business of relationships. That is all.

~ Richie Norton

How to change the world in two words: S.T.A.R.T. N.O.W.1. START - Serve. Thank. Ask. Receive. Trust.2. NOW - No Opportunity Wasted

~ Richie Norton

We’re all scared.Yes, all of us. I’m afraid every day. If I’m not afraid, I must not be doing something I need to be doing. I believe that when you’re doing important work, you feel fear because you don’t want to fail. The challenge is to not let the fear stop you from doing the work that will enable you to achieve your goals. You need to recognize the fear for what it is and allow your “why” (your compelling vision) for what you’re doing be bigger than the fear itself.So where do you start? Identify your fears. As they say, name it to tame it. Then, move forward.

~ Richie Norton

Some people just love to stir the pot, but don't realize they're cooking themselves.

~ Richie Norton

Give your idea a chance. You’ll never hit a home run (or a base hit for that matter) if you don’t swing.

~ Richie Norton

Is it weird that when I see a cool t shirt or pick up a toothbrush or see a new car I don't think about the product itself? I think about the thousands of people and dollars to make it.I think about how the retailer that took the risk to buy and resell it. Then I work backwards to the store costs, the distributer who got it there, the shipping company that brought it over from China, the factory workers that made it, the people that sourced the materials and the people that harvested the raw materials, and on and on...The global economy is amazing. Your $20 t-shirt is a freaking miracle.

~ Richie Norton

My parents did a great job of creating a home we wanted to return to...and all of our friends wanted to be there too.

~ Richie Norton

Sometimes I work so long and so hard that I have no idea what day or time it is. I forget to eat. I don't get ready for the day. I fall asleep on the couch and wake up and get back to work.

~ Richie Norton

Forest rangers see the forest differently. Likewise, entrepreneurs see the world differently.

~ Richie Norton

Every book you've ever read on LEADERSHIP will finally make sense (and become practical) if you change the word leader to INFLUENCER.

~ Richie Norton

The competition is out to get you. Are you a moving target or a sitting duck? Innovate or die.

~ Richie Norton

What does a ship absolutely need to stay afloat? I’m not a mariner, so I can’t exactly say. . . but what I can tell you is that ships don’t absolutely need lighthouses—but they sure do help!When it comes to acting on inspired ideas, it’s easy to trick ourselves into thinking we don’t really need to do them, but that’s like a ship ignoring the beacon of light on a rocky shore.

~ Richie Norton

Everyone loves the idea of disruption in business, but no one likes it when it happens to them.

~ Richie Norton

At the end of the day, if you have a great product and service paired with the wrong pricing strategy / business model, you don’t have a business.

~ Richie Norton

Don't disregard your so-called stupid ideas. They may be inspired thoughts and high-potential opportunities. Whatcha gonna do?

~ Richie Norton

Share your success stories with others. Don't brag, but don't hide your light. People want (and need) to be inspired and instructed. I know I want to follow and learn from successful people. Isn't that the basis for every business and self-help book? People will also give you good ideas to build on your own wins when you share openly. And when you write out your wins to an audience, your own ideas start to grow within you. Will you try? What's a win you've had lately? Don't be shy about it.

~ Richie Norton

Beware: If you egg people on, you'll get egg on your face.

~ Richie Norton

Don't be a hater and call it love.

~ Richie Norton

If you're in business, all the content in the world will do you no good unless it leads to a sale.

~ Richie Norton

Pondering the legitimate modern day problem of intellectual bullies. Self-proclaimed smarties attacking the innocent. They revel in being politically correct, all-loving and open-minded while not applying these principles to themselves.The ultimate double standard in the name of truth and acceptance. It's sad.This is not a post about anyone in particular. This is an observation over years.Have you seen it? Call it out when you do.The offender won't know what to do because they know that you know their game.

~ Richie Norton

The Great Wall of Facebook:Having just visited the Great Wall of China, I'm thinking about the walls we build on FB. They are real. They keep people in and others out.Build your wall carefully by answering this question:What are you building your wall around?

~ Richie Norton

Be a learning machine. What made you money last year, won't necessarily make you money this and next year.

~ Richie Norton

If you have time to write a business plan, you have time to prove the model. Just sayin.

~ Richie Norton

If you want control, loosen your grip. You're strangling your employees. Letting go is actually holding on.

~ Richie Norton

Are you setting business goals? Try this:Step 1: Add a 0 to your revenue goal.Step 2: Take away a 0 from your expense goal.Step 3: Let your mind go to work.Thank me later.

~ Richie Norton

Doubt manifests itself in indecision.

~ Richie Norton

Life isn't about having, it's about experiencing.

~ Richie Norton

People love to say, “You gotta fake it till you make it.” But this implies that the fake you is someone better than who you inherently are, and this is simply not the truth. Let me say this loud and clear: the person you imagine yourself to be in the very best and most powerful moments of your life, is the authentic you. And in truth, I imagine you’re probably much more amazing even than that.

~ Richie Norton

Live in a way that helps you lean into your fears, make a difference and live without regret.

~ Richie Norton

If only 1 out of 10 businesses succeeds, start 10 businesses. Just sayin.

~ Richie Norton

The moment you think you can do something that you previously thought you couldn't, you can.

~ Richie Norton

When someone says you can't do something because of XYZ, is that true? Or are they playing with your life with their good intentions to keep you safe?

~ Richie Norton

There's no get rich quick. There's no overnight success. However, this doesn't mean that when you decide to start a business that you're just starting. You could start making new money tomorrow. I was fishing with my son and taught him that you can't catch a fish unless your line is in the water. A truth my dad once taught me. You may have spent years learning a skill or creating a product or service that you just simply haven't thought to monetize. Like leaving a fishing pole on the ground along side the river, but not having your line in the water yet. All you need to create a new stream of income is to make something consumable and offer it at a price that someone will pay. If you're not making offers, you're not making money. Get your line in the water!

~ Richie Norton

Better to teach a man to fish who already loves to fish.

~ Richie Norton

College does not equal job security. Entrepreneurship does not equal job security. For heaven's sake, job security does not equal job security. So what do you do? Don't be a one-trick pony. Add real value in everything you do. But most of all, study and apply business models. No matter what discipline you come from. Learn how to add value so that value can flow in the form of money to you. That, my friends, is job security. Learn where money comes from and you'll know where to turn when life throws a curve.

~ Richie Norton

What is good customer service about then?One word: caring.Bad customer service happens when the employee doesn't care.You could chalk it up to low wages or getting paid regardless of results. But that's not it either.Hiring managers need to do two things and two things only:1. Hire employees that ALREADY care and are ALREADY motivated.2. Repeat step 1.When this is done, everything changes. People are happy on both sides of the table.Costs for management and training plummet

~ Richie Norton

Follow your passion and learn how to make money at it. Or don't follow your passion and learn to make money at that. They are the same. It's a choice.

~ Richie Norton

Ever feel like you're always winding up and never throwing it out? You might blame it on perfectionism or procrastination or preparation. You may even call it prudent. But whatever it is...IT'S NOT WORKING. I call this phenomenon petrified performance. Where you're busy, busy, busy (on the wrong activities or the right activities for too long), and never accomplishing the idea or task you set out to do. You're stuck. Like a tree that once was lively is now dead and immovable like a stone. What once was a fluid idea is now frozen in time. How do you overcome petrified performance? With practice, silly. Everything you do should be considered a project because projects have a beginning and an end with a timeline. No more dreaming. Wake up and put those dreams to work by putting the steps necessary to make them happen on the calendar. Are you willing to practice? That's my prescription.

~ Richie Norton

When haters start to rear their ugly head, just play around with them and throw them a bone so they can go away and chew on it.

~ Richie Norton