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Author

Company

Find an idea they are passionate about, write a business plan, and get the plan critiqued by someone with related experience to make sure it passes "the sanity test".

Sabeer Bhatia

Hotmail

I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance... More

Steve Jobs

Apple

I’m sure luck helps every successful entrepreneur. But it doesn’t come without a lot of preparation and hard work.

Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

Richard Branson

Virgin Group