Deborah Meaden Quotes

101 Deborah Meaden Quotes (Dragons Den Quotes)

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It’s not where you come from, it’s where you’re heading.
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There isn’t a single path to success – there are many.
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I can’t stand bullsh*t.
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Seek out opportunity and seize it.
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Business is in my blood.
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If I wanted to achieve something meaningful then I had to do it for myself.
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The entrepreneurial mind is founded on that least common of commodities – common sense.
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True entrepreneurs never stop learning from their own successes and failures – and from one another.
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I think much of my success has come from taking nothing for granted and questioning absolutely everything…
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[In 2009] I firmly believe that the pressure-cooker conditions of the recession will create some of the new household names of tomorrow.
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I don’t believe in luck at all.
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People who appear to be lucky, who always seem to succeed at everything they do, simply work harder than the rest.
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Confidence attracts.
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The world is full of people who have come up with spectacular ideas and failed to do anything about them.
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If I were to lose all my money… I’d make it again.
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Get on and do it, because nobody else is going to do it for you.
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My success over the years has in large part been due to the people around me.
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I like smart and challenging characters who are willing to take a risk…
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[On her parents Brian and Sonia] I like the fact that they have never given me the easy way out. From an early age they expected a lot from me and showed me that if I wanted to achieve something meaningful then I had to do it for myself.
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While entrepreneurs have to prove themselves to the Dragons, Dragons have to prove themselves to the other Dragons.
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Challenges, opportunities and the unforeseen crop up the whole time, and we have to know how to deal with them effectively.
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They could either do it the fast way, with Den investment, or the slow way, with finance from the bank.
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I am constantly asked if there is a blueprint for entrepreneurial success, and I always say, ‘No, there isn’t.’ Every venture is unique, with its own opportunities and its own particular problems to solve and hurdles to overcome.
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I do believe that there is a mindset that many entrepreneurs share…
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Common sense involves knowing how to go about asking basic questions and anticipating challenges. It involves learning how to deal with inevitable setbacks and disappointments. And it tells you when you need to forge ahead and when you should cut your losses. It’s not the easiest thing to acquire, but it is a skill you can hone and develop.
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[On being sent to boarding school at the age of 7] I really resented the loss of freedom and independence, even at such a young age. I had always been an independent and self-reliant child and rebelled at what I considered to be pointless rules.
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By sticking by the rules that I thought were sensible and completely disregarding the ones that I thought were stupid, I managed to resist the restrictive and linear approach the school so wanted me to have an adopt the more intuitive, free thinking and adaptable approach that I advocate…
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It is important to have creative entrepreneurs who know how to think for themselves.
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[In 2009] Fortunes can – and will – be made in this recession because good entrepreneurs, with the right attitude and a brilliant idea, will not stop building successful businesses.
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Plenty of people have tough starts in life and never recover. Equally, there are plenty of extremely successful entrepreneurs who benefited from comfortable upbringings and expensive educations.
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People who make their own luck know which place to be and when to be there.
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The success or failure of their business is always down to them. [The entrepreneur.]
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By the time I was ten I had already chalked up stints counting money in an amusement centre, stocktaking in a chemist shop and handing out tickets at a bingo hall – more business experience than some people get in a lifetime.
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My formative years were spent either in the workplace itself or listening to intense conversations about business over the kitchen table. Business is in my blood. It has always been an important and ever-present part of my life.
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To run a business you need to be committed, creative and driven. Anyone who feels they have been forced into it will not be able to give it their all.
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To succeed in business you have to do more than just be there. You have to love every minute.
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Passion, focus and an insatiable desire to succeed.
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Far too many people are held back by their fear that they are not a born salesperson… If they are as passionate about what they do as they should be it follows that they can’t help but sell their dream to other people.
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An entrepreneur has to be quick-minded and bright.
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Networking is a two-way street…
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