Robert Herjavec Quotes

“All the people I have met who have achieved a level of economic success similar to my own were driven to realize a dream, but not necessarily to become wealthy. Remember, success is doing what you want to do.”

“Be risky at work. Be safe with your investments.”

“Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus.”

“Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it’s the patience of a marathon runner.”

“Cash is the lifeblood of your business. There are very few things in business that will kill you, but running our of cash is one of those things. You can recover from almost any other mistake, but if you run out of cash you’re dead.”

“Don’t start a business. Find a problem, Solve a problem, The business comes second.”

“I balance my meals. I have never been a big dessert guy.”

“I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.”

“I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.”

“I don't think anyone wakes up and says: I want my life to suck today.”

“I don’t look at failure as death. I don’t look at failure as finality. I just look at it and pick myself up.”

“I just don't sleep enough. But I have never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says: I wish I slept more.”

“I like to invest in people that I like to hang with.”

“I look for the entrepreneur to capture my attention. If you don’t come out with a great presentation, you’re dead. That’s a big red flag.”

“I never dreamed I could build a $100 million company. I just happened to build a $1 million company that became a $5 million company, and so on.”

“I think fear holds people back. I meet a lot of people who say ‘Oh, money’s not important to me’. And I say, that is absolute crap.”

“I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.”

“I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.”

“If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.”

“If you’re emotional and you’re great at something, the money will follow.”

“If you’re hard on yourself, life will be easy on you.”

“Innovators create value that people didn’t know existed.”

“It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives.

But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.”

“It’s the thousand little, non-sexy, non-exciting, mundane things that you have to do in order to be recognized, that make you succeed.”

“Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.”

“Not everyone is willing to work as hard. But that’s the key. Everyone can do it. Everybody has the tools and the ability to get there.”

“Of all the people I have met who have achieved a level of economic success similar to my own were driven to realize a dream, but not necessarily to become wealthy. Remember, success is doing what you want to do.”

“Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble.

If we look at the American economy, who's really creating value? It's the small businesses.”

“People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.”

“People who succeed in life have a need for something greater than themselves.”