“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”

— Nolan Bushnell

attributed in Entrepreneurship - In Cup of Tea, 2004-12-12 http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-10-2004-62751.asp,; and in Decision and Action http://www.topachievement.com/chuckgallozzi.html by Chuck Gallozzi,
but also attributed to Robert Browning in On business, brands and marketplace success http://www.acleareye.com/sandbox_wisdom/2005/01/robert_browning.html.

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