“I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the ...” — Dean Kamen Quote

“I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling.”

“Lots of people ask me for advice as if I somehow have found some easy way to create a solution to a problem, and there's no such thing.”

“In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.”

“I challenge those who are in business and other professions to see that there are copies of the Book of Mormon in their reception rooms.”

“Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win.”

“My father was an ironworker who eventually co-founded a construction business. My mother, Jeanette, was a stay-at-home mom who had been an operating-room nurse until my older brother, Jimmy, was born.”