Kevin Harrington Quotations

I understand that finance can be very complex.

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

Reality TV is a totally different animal than the infomercial world.

Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.

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?

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.

Business is off. And you can quote me on that.

He will need to compensate for the lower-than-usual long rate with higher short rates.

Greenspan's views have tremendous value. It's hard to imagine that's not worth a lot of money to someone.

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.

When the governor says you should conserve gas, it kills tourism.

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.

It's great to just get a chance to get outside and run our kids. From our newest freshmen to our seniors, they all get a chance to compete.

Once it was 3-1, we knew it would be a battle to come back. Our kids gave us 45 minutes of effort and that's all you can ask of them. The better team won the game and there's no shame in that.

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.

You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet.

Being born into poverty does not mean you are condemned to spend the rest of your life in poverty.

When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'

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.

One of the big problems entrepreneurs run into is they get too comfortable,