Deborah Meaden Quotes
101 Deborah Meaden Quotes
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A confident person who doesn’t feel the need to explain themselves can create a powerful reaction.
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If you are naturally confident it can be easier to make things happen.
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A lack of confidence is one of the key reasons for scores of ideas never making it off the ground.
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It is generally much easier to do nothing about a good idea than it is to try something and fail.
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Everybody has at least a few great ideas…
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Everything can be done. Unless it is actually against the laws of physics…
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It should be possible to find a route around something to get to a chosen point.
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Usually when I hear the worlds ‘I cannot do that’, they are followed by the swift and sharp riposte, ‘So find me someone who can.’
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It takes a lot of time and energy to be an entrepreneur.
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Entrepreneurs are prepared to take big risks, but we have calculated the outcome against the potential reward and would never dream of leaving it all to luck.
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As long as the plan is well thought through, entrepreneurs should be prepared to take a risk. If they are not 100 percent convinced that their business is going to work, why are they even bothering?
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If you’re in business, whether at the low end or the top end of the market, just be the best…
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I get a high out of seeing a business that I’m involved in flourish.
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I’m absolutely useless in the kitchen, in fact I don’t think I’ve cooked a proper meal in 23 years!
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[On three words to describe herself.] Frank, Loyal, Insightful.
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Sales and marketing isn’t hard or mysterious, you just need to think who is my customer, what do they want, where do I find them and how do I talk to them?
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At times I know I can be too blunt.
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I can’t stop thinking of ways to improve the businesses I come into contact with!
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I’m not a dog person.
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Children are very dependent, which is probably why we never had them.
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I like being challenged.
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You’ve got five people sitting in front of you, who… can take your business from zero to hero like that.
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Marriage to me felt like a commitment and I never really wanted children…
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Getting married is the best thing I ever did.
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We would have liked children, but we probably didn’t try hard enough. We kept on trying until we realised I was past it…
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I met my biological father when I was 16 and felt nothing for him, which is probably a testimony to my stepfather.
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I consider it a failure to slog on with a business that is going to die sooner rather than later.
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It’s very difficult to realise that you’re not going to make any money out of something. A lot of people are blinded. They think, ‘I can’t give this up. I’d feel like a failure.’
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If I hadn’t been very good, I’d have been fired.
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I love investing. I love making a difference to businesses.
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[In 2008] There’s another substantial business in me; I just need to find it.
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When I concentrate, my face is deadpan and I can see there is a coldness there…
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When I’m making business decisions I know I can be quite dispassionate.
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I don’t suffer fools gladly…
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[In 2006] I hope I am softer than comes across…
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One of my faults is that I am too blunt at times.
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I don’t think of television, I think of the investment.
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How did I get in the door?… I just did. I didn’t know you couldn’t.
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I don’t look for praise.
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