Quote: Donald Trump on Entrepreneurship

by Michael Cage on March 31, 2004

“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.”
- Donald Trump, “Trump: Art of the Deal”

P.S. Trump’s new book, How To Get Rich, is excellent. On par with Trump: The Art of the Deal which has been one of my favorite business books for many years.

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  • Donald Trump knows his real estate business, I’m not sure he has expertise on any other business area.

  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

    I firmly believe that if you love what you do nothing else will matter. If your work motivates you the money will be there


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  • Anonymous

    I have an online website and it is a Jewelry Store it is called http://www.Online-Maria.com/Jewelry/Diamonds and Sapphires, I would like to get a Grant for my Online line Store. I would like to know how I can go about it and would you company fund my online store. I would like to get it trafficed online and advertise by the radio stations and I would like to put it on upgrade status as a Super Store through Internet Speedway this would take a total of about $20,000 with me buying my new computer and internet service and phone. I would like to know what can you do for a Minority Women that has been Divorced since 2001 and I have been trying to start my business but have exhausted my money and don’t have funds to advertise. I would love to get some advise of how to go up to use other peoples money other than mine money. I would like to be my own boss and start other business also. I would appreciate all the help you can give me please email me. thank you

  • Anonymous

    interesting

  • Anonymous

    He is so wealthy but has he contributed to society? no....

  • Anonymous

    Hi Mr.Trump

    My name is Milco.


    I am innovator.


    I like to make perpetummobile,some kind of machine who make a pure energy.


    I complite 75% of this search but 25% I can’t to complite becouse I haven’t money.


    Please Help me for eny way if you like.


    If I compleate my search I will get a Nobel prize.This is the only thing in my live for I am not give up.If you help me to touch the top thank you,if can’t help me thank you agein.my E-mail:mihhhael@yahoo.com

  • Anonymous

    Mr Trump, My husband and I have been married for 20 yrs I just turned 39, we have 2 wonderful boys we are raising, and we have worked hard at buying homes, renting, selling, remodeling. We had done pretty well, we do purchase your books and read and try to follow advice, we wanted to work hard and are children maybe to have a little easier, they have worked right along with us.  I am wondering if you know what exactly is going on with the market today, My husband does mortgages and now all these banks are closing and this is first time i am looking back in my life and seeing everything we worked for disappear.  we own 2 homes and 1 were living in is not paid off but we are keeping our mortgage up to date, I am soo scared because consumers are loosing there homes, our home we went in assumption we could sell in 2 years make the money, but amortization mortgages are not good after 2 years we will owe more than the home is worth with interest rates, we owe more now than what its worth are credit is perfect never late vehicles paid for other 2 homes paid for. What would you do if you were in this situation.example ( loan 445,000.000 owe now 460,000. ) i feel its a loosing battle, I know you are very knowledgeable on realastate.  Thank You

  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

    Hello Mr. trump. My name is Charles Kenney, and I have a track record of inventing great products. But someone is always faster in getting it to market. Several products on the market were mine first, I just waited to long. Can you show me how to be tough and direct in getting it started. To be the toughest buisness person I can be. Thank you sir.

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  • Anonymous

    Dear Mr. Trump,


    I would like to hear your thoughts on giving Pete Rose a second chance. Likewise doesn’t Miss Nevada deserve the same consideration. You are in a position to effect change for the good of baseball and for equal and fair treatment by all with your simple words of your belief in second chances. Please follow through.

  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

    My name is RON HIEBERT of RED LAKE ON.

    I don’t know if you will ever recieve this messsage, but I hope that you take time out, from your busy schedule to hear our challenge to you.


    We are a married business entity, that brings to challenge, other business couples, to put their business wizardry to challenge.We, RON and HOLLY


    HIEBERT challenge, other entrepeneurial couples to prove their worth, to the TRUMP FOUNDATION.


    We come from the CANADIAN out back and are willing to put all on the line, can you?

  • Anonymous

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    I have a high regards and respect towards your excellent work on these products.I have aquired

    the knowladge from your above write-up.


    I appricate your excellent knowladge about reserch and about your life experience and I always like to talk to such people in my life.


    All the Best and take care,


    Sharad

  • Anonymous

    Dear Mr.Trump   Please sir I realize a man of your standing could not posibaly find the time to read every E-mail.I do hope this brief introduction explains why I feel my story is unique enough to capture your attention.My name is Ann Melfi.I am fourty years old and due to a misdiagnosis lasting a period of eighteen years.Was thought to suffer from Manic-depression.However the truth of the matter was I suffered from severe Adult ADD for 40 years.My education and job history looking at it from an investers point of view I fear is to dismiss me as a high risk factor.In the past sixteen months my life has completly changed thanks to staterra.I have invented a product so extrodinary that InVent technologies sees this product as having global posibilities.If you think this is worth a phone call please contact Dave Parker at 305-717-3235.He is a project director at Inventech.If this product is to make as much as it is capable of. I could become a millionare.It certainly would be a far cry from low paying jobs that were hard to keep in my previous fourty years.If you are a down to earth man as you portray yourself to be . I trust your intelligence to understand how this delapitating disfunction has had an impact on a woman my age. Inexperienced in business that is looking at global manufacturing and distribution of a product with such a remarkable outstanding one of a kind selling point it will requier investment to disclose its potential completly.Please contact Mr David Parker or myself at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)<script type="text/javascript">
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    </script> This products selling stratagy is built right into the product itself.Currently I am teaching myself typing and researching for the information needed to prepare a business proposal that may help in my efforts to find the funding such as grants needed to start the patenting process and business itself..I did not have the attention span to learn skills to make any kind of money.Therefore I am starting with nothing.A little help is all I need.I have worked hard at things such as carpentry to keep roofs over my childrens heads and I have never cheated or used the state to support me for more than a few months in my entier life.I am not frightened by the potential to become successful.Now the opportunities are endless.My life is becoming whole for the first time in fourty years.Quite frankly it is exciting.I just need to find someone who can afford to take what most would find to be.To large of a risk.My product includes 2 subjects each of ten years combined.It is a product that Johnson&Johnson; will give thier eyetooth for.Simply because it is safe for any consumer in need of such a product.This has the potential to share in the 86 Million dollars of anual sales each year in the U.S. alone.No others offer such unique features and only 1 of 5 products on the shelfs today are NON-TOXIC such as my own.I have 3 other products I have developed to follow all I need is to get the first one off.It will pay for all the others to follow.One product is better than even the prescription medication offered to eczema sufferers on the market today, and mild enough to be sold on retail shelfs.The first product is used for head lice and egg removal.I have been an active self appointed advocate for the N.P.A. (headlice .org) for approximatly 10 years now.After my youngest daughter suffered from a TOXIC reaction to one of four TOXIC products still on the market today.These have become resistant factors and less effective than when originally introduced.Please contact me ASAP. Thank Ann Melfi.

  • Anonymous

    I’m anticipating his next book -> “How to Run a Casino Business to the Ground”.  Not many people are aware that his Hotel/Casino busines is on the verge of chapter 11 and they have voted him out.  You could say he has been “fired”. 


    http://www.forbes.com/2004/08/10/0810autofacescan01.html

  • Anonymous

    Donald is a great man, but what has he done for his community? I search and search but nothing to large gas come up ?

  • Anonymous

    Trump

    For some reason, I have been hesitate to get the new Trump book. The guy is successful and I am sure he has a lot of great advice to impart, but I just wasn’t sure it was going get into…

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