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“Choice brings a powerful and diverse portfolio to the table for minority entrepreneurs who are interested in nearly any segment of the lodging industry. With brand offerings from economy to upscale, we are able to provide the right product for the right owner in the right market. This is reflected in the fact that minority franchise agreements executed in 2005 spanned seven Choice brands.”
Brian Parker
“Many entrepreneurs begin to think about selling their businesses because they have become convinced that they don't have the right stuff to lead businesses to realize their full potential.”
Bill Lee
“You'll have innovators and entrepreneurs and people trying ideas that may seem sensible today or may seem way out. But out of that whole soup will emerge some new ways of doing things.”
Daniel Yergin
“Hotel ownership is an attractive investment for entrepreneurs, but those not versed in the lodging industry may not realize the opportunity. Owners of restaurants, auto dealerships, and convenience stores have the business acumen and financial capacity to own and operate hotels, and we can show them how to transfer and utilize their unique skill sets to hotel ownership.”
“In the past, people used to say Hong Kong was an entrepreneurs' playground and a shoppers paradise. But with Hong Kong Disneyland here, there is more culture and entertainment available. Hong Kong will further become a tourist mecca,”
Zeng Qinghong
“China has become a wonderland for entrepreneurs. There are many people who are doing what I have done.”
Yin Mingshan
“Our goal is to provide an annual forum where entrepreneurs, investors, aerospace professionals and those who dream of ?what?s possible? can gather and learn from each other.”
David Knight
“There's not enough training out there for these entrepreneurs and without RAN there's not a feedback loop. So RAN not only plays a critical role just as a capital source but more importantly in its ability to educate and inform investors as well as the entrepreneurs.”
David Koretz
“While working with entrepreneurs, I gained an understanding of what it takes to build a business from the ground up, and Iowa has a number of flaws in its bureaucracy that don't allow businesses to thrive and succeed, and most are prevented from even getting started. I understand what it takes to create jobs. Most importantly, I know how to listen to a customer and deliver what they want. It should be no different in state government.”
Dave Kraft
“Our goal is to create technology that will enable individual inventors and entrepreneurs to provide new services of value similar to large Internet services people use every day. The companies benefit by witnessing ideas in pre-competitive technologies at the early stages of development, and they will help point out the real-world obstacles that must be overcome.”
David Patterson
