Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough. Kevin O'Leary More Quotes by Kevin O'Leary More Quotes From Kevin O'Leary What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most. ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less. Kevin O'Leary entrepreneursuccessfulideas Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win. Kevin O'Leary teamwinningwar I actually think being an entrepreneur is a state of mind. If you're going to be an entrepreneur, my thesis is that you have to sacrifice everything for some period in your life to be successful. You have to be myopic and completely focused and unbalanced in every way. Once you've achieved success, you're free to do whatever you like. Kevin O'Leary sacrificesuccessfulthinking You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like. Kevin O'Leary hatedogmother I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them. Kevin O'Leary entrepreneurtryingthinking My partners... taught me that in order to create wealth, I needed to pair up with people whose strengths compensated for my weaknesses. Kevin O'Leary pairsorderpeople Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart! Kevin O'Leary own-businesssellsforce Vision is nothing without a plan to execute it. Kevin O'Leary plansvision We need physical exercise to prepare our brain for long periods of concentration Kevin O'Leary exercisebrainlong The road to riches is never straight and narrow. It can be riddled with financial land mines. Kevin O'Leary richesfinancialland I never, ever, ever let emotion get in the way of an investment. Kevin O'Leary investmentemotionway The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business. Kevin O'Leary making-moneyreason Downturns are the best time to start businesses because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times. Kevin O'Leary good-timesdisciplinemean I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad. Kevin O'Leary dealstoughguy If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view. Kevin O'Leary democracypresidentviews Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me. Kevin O'Leary battlemilitarysoldier I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money. Kevin O'Leary making-moneytrying All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and maintain profitable enterprises, have a strong incentive to keep costs, including labor, as low as possible. Kevin O'Leary incentivescoststrong The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over. Kevin O'Leary givingrealitythinking Life is hard, money doesn't care, your tears don’t add value Kevin O'Leary life-is-hardtearsadd
