Best quotes about business
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Here is a small list of quotes made by various people. It is a rather good list for any entrepreneur to keep in mind.
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Watch, listen, and learn. You can't know it all yourself.. anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.(Donald Trump)
80 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
2.
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.(Benjamin Franklin)
19 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
3.
Family, religion, friends.. these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.(Monty Burns)
It is rather cold thing to say but it has quite a lot of truth in it because you will most probably won't have time for your wife and kids, your friends want a piece of the pie if you are earning well and religion can just bound you not to go over corpses in order to succeed.
15 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.(David Rockefeller)
In the world of business there are no easy victories but if you are used to climbing up of a high mountain just to enjoy the sight, you could probably manage in the business as well.
10 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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If your thinking is sloppy, your business will be sloppy. If you are disorganized, your business will be disorganized. If you are greedy, your empoyees will be greedy, giving you less and less of themselves and always asking for more.(Michael Gerber)
We all look up to someone and who should employee look up to if not his employer. Bad leader only shows bad example for his servants.
10 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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Good design can't fix broken business models. (Jeffrey Veen)
There is no point selling something that is looking fascinating yet is utterly useless. You might sell few of them but it should not be a goal for anyone.
10 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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We want passion for our business.. workers who can interpret and execute our mission, who want to build a career, not just take a temporary job.(Howard Schultz)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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Business is not financial science, it's about trading.. buying and selling. It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it.(Anita Roddick)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship.(John D. Rockefeller)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
10.
Regardless of how well a studio is run, it's only as good as the product it produces.(Vince McMahon)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
11.
If you stop building stars, which we never do, you wouldn't be in business.(Vince McMahon)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
12.
It takes a lot more to run a good business than just trailing commissions or kickbacks otherwise everybody would succeed, wouldn't they?(John Ilhan)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.(Warren Buffett)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neither.(Tara Hunt)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.(Oscar Wilde)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.(Mitchell Caplan)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
17.
You never really hear the truth from your subordinates until after 10 in the evening.(Jurgen Schrempp)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
18.
Charge less, but charge. Otherwise, you will not be taken seriously, and you do your fellow artists no favours if you undercut the market.(Elizabeth Aston)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
19.
In life and business, there are two cardinal sins.. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.(Carl Icahn)
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
20.
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.(Aldus Manutius)
Dealing with other people who could help you to expand your business is one of the hardest things to do. Not only you have to know everything about the product you are selling but you have to get connected with the buyer.
5 points - added 14 years ago by orangeporridge -
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