Robert Herjavec
Robert Herjavec
Robert Herjavec is a Canadian businessman, investor, author and television personality...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth14 September 1963
CityVarazdin, Croatia
CountryCanada
rejection viruses sensitive
Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus.
company millions happened
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.
dollars inspired building
I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.
entrepreneur tangible entrepreneurship
What is great about entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs create the tangible from the intangible.
successful reality goal
Successful businesspeople retain a quality most others not only lack but often fail to comprehend, and that's the unrelenting drive to convert a vision into reality. They are driven to realize this goal in a manner that appears to defy logic among others who lack this drive.
red-flags entrepreneur looks
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,
breathing entrepreneur able
Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.
listening important letters
I'm intrigued that the same letters from the alphabet are used in the word silent and in the word listen. Perhaps it's evidence that the most important part of listening involves remaining silent.
successful entrepreneur growing
You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.
grandmother dirt poor
I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else.
wall thinking creating-value
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.
thinking people entrepreneur
People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.
anybody business great life
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.
bunch business dad felt happy money nice parents sold
When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.