Business Quote by Jared Polis

My parents were entrepreneurs. I grew up believing in the power of innovation.

— Noreena Hertz

I worked with Congress on legislation, gave speeches to CEOs, military generals and Hollywood executives. But I also worked to ensure that my efforts…

— Michelle Obama

I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in…

— Olivia De Havilland

I come from a middle-class family, where you grow up thinking about government service. But when I went to Harvard, I saw that entrepreneurs…

— Naveen Tewari

We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to…

— Diana DeGette

After college, I went on to be a successful businessperson. But when I met with former state Sen. Ed Royce, who went on to…

— Young Kim

Before I was in the Senate, I was a superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, and before that, I was in business.

— Michael Bennet

In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

I came to Congress to continue a career of service to my country and to stand up for the values I learned growing up…

— Ronny Jackson

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

— Lorraine Toussaint

Even as a college professor at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford, I saw myself as an entrepreneur, and I went out, took risks, and tried…

— Sebastian Thrun

My father was a brilliant inventor and businessman. He taught me to appreciate the opportunities that America offers to innovators.

— Erik Prince