Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.
I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, ‘Don’t you want to have a normal job and a normal family?’ I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.
We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for – to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.
A manager doesn’t hear the cheers.
A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
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.
Politics is show business for ugly people.
Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.
Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, accounting, accounting. Know your numbers.
I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.
Constantine ‘Costa’ Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business.
There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.
My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business.
The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.
