Kevin Harrington
Kevin Harrington
Entrepreneur who is known for his having founded the company Quantum International. His prolific business career led to his appearance as one of the original panelists/sharks on the reality TV show Shark Tank. He began his time on the show in 2009.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 October 1956
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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When the governor says you should conserve gas, it kills tourism.
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We are going in the direction that we need to be. We're going to score solid points with our distance kids, and if our other kids can fill in and grab some points we're going to be able to score.
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Business is off. And you can quote me on that.
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Greenspan's views have tremendous value. It's hard to imagine that's not worth a lot of money to someone.
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He will need to compensate for the lower-than-usual long rate with higher short rates.
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The thing we're going to hear all year is about our distance kids, and well-deserved. They worked their tails off. Coming off a great fall, they're hungry. The fall was nice, but they want to do something on the track.
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For the distance guys, we wanted to see if we could double score in every event we could, and we double-scored in all but one. We were real happy with that. We wanted to see if the kids could hit two strong times.
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Ive spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.
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By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.
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You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet.
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When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'
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I did something rather innovative that my competitors didn't like: I took out a full-page advertisement in the Yellow Pages that listed an office on the east side of Cincinnati, and another office on the west side, while every other heating/air-conditioning company had only one location and one phone number. I was the citywide company. In fact, our 'westside office' was just an answering service taking telephone message. From the start we appeared to be a big company.
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I have seen entrepreneurs ask for hundreds of millions of dollars on a concept and try to sell because of 'their passion' for an idea. If the idea is that good, why wouldn't I cut you out and hire someone who is just as passionate for much, much less?
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One of the big problems entrepreneurs run into is they get too comfortable,