{"id":30879,"date":"2026-06-28T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/?p=30879"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:31:06","slug":"ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8211; Do not cheat in business or you will find yourself in an early grave.<br \/>\n&#8211; Do not fail to be fair in all things and do not kick a man when he is down.<br \/>\n&#8211; Keep your word, for nothing is more valuable in business than a reputation for honesty and reliability.<br \/>\n&#8211; Live below your means; save more than you spend and avoid needless display.<br \/>\n&#8211; Avoid speculation and gambling; rely instead on careful judgment and sound investments.<br \/>\n&#8211; Shun debt and leverage; never borrow what you cannot easily repay.<br \/>\n&#8211; Be patient and persistent; buy when things are low and unwanted, and wait for value to be recognized.<br \/>\n&#8211; Learn before you act; study every investment thoroughly and do not depend blindly on others\u2019 advice.<br \/>\n&#8211; Maintain your independence; manage your own affairs and do not surrender control of your money to others.<br \/>\n&#8211; Help those truly in need, but do not subsidize waste, extravagance, or idleness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>attributed to Henrietta &#8220;Hetty&#8221; Howland Robinson Green &#8211; American businesswoman and financier known as &#8220;the richest woman in America&#8221; during the Gilded Age (1834-1916)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Do not cheat in business or you will find yourself in an early grave. &#8211; Do not fail to be fair in all things and do not kick a man when he is down. &#8211; Keep your word, for nothing is more valuable in business than a reputation for honesty and reliability. &#8211; Live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,54,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-quotes","category-economy","category-success"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8211; Do not cheat in business or you will find yourself in an early grave. &#8211; Do not fail to be fair in all things and do not kick a man when he is down. &#8211; Keep your word, for nothing is more valuable in business than a reputation for honesty and reliability. &#8211; Live [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Norman Rentrop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-28T16:31:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-28T16:31:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Norman Rentrop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Norman Rentrop\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Norman Rentrop\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f\"},\"headline\":\"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-28T16:31:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-28T16:31:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f\"},\"articleSection\":[\"All Quotes\",\"Business\",\"Success\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-28T16:31:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-28T16:31:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Norman Rentrop\",\"description\":\"zeigt Texte, Zitate und Artikel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f\",\"name\":\"Norman Rentrop\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/cropped-nr.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/cropped-nr.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/cropped-nr.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Norman Rentrop\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/cropped-nr.png\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/normanrentrop.de\\\/en\\\/author\\\/christoph-niemann\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs","og_description":"&#8211; Do not cheat in business or you will find yourself in an early grave. &#8211; Do not fail to be fair in all things and do not kick a man when he is down. &#8211; Keep your word, for nothing is more valuable in business than a reputation for honesty and reliability. &#8211; Live [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/","og_site_name":"Norman Rentrop","article_published_time":"2026-06-28T16:31:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-28T16:31:06+00:00","author":"Norman Rentrop","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Norman Rentrop","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/"},"author":{"name":"Norman Rentrop","@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f"},"headline":"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs","datePublished":"2026-06-28T16:31:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-28T16:31:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/"},"wordCount":189,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f"},"articleSection":["All Quotes","Business","Success"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/","url":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/","name":"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-06-28T16:31:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-28T16:31:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/ten-principles-for-successfull-entrepreneurs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/","name":"Norman Rentrop","description":"zeigt Texte, Zitate und Artikel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/724cd2c15ee9848b4fb08d536e79d79f","name":"Norman Rentrop","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-nr.png","url":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-nr.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-nr.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Norman Rentrop"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-nr.png"},"url":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/author\/christoph-niemann\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31078,"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30879\/revisions\/31078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normanrentrop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}