Business Quotes

The number one way culture is shaped is by what leaders model.

~ Mindy Hall

There is no better teacher than history in determining the future... There are answers worth billions of dollars in 30$ history book.

~ Charles T. Munger

You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box.

~ Ryan Lilly

The problem with your company is not the economy, it is not the lack of opportunity, it is not your team. The problem is you. That is the bad news. The good news is, if you're the problem, you're also the solution. You're the one person you can change the easiest. You can decide to grow. Grow your abilities, your character, your education, and your capacity. You can decide who you want to be and get about the business of becoming that person.

~ Dave Ramsey

No company has a culture, every company is a culture

~ Peter Thiel

You may create a inspirational & visually resplendent strategy map but without accountability its value is specious

~ Paul R. Niven

The problem with capitalism is that we have a global theology without morality, without a Bible. And that's dangerous, he warns - we're not going to be able to exist in a global context if we are the bastards of our business.

~ Joel Bakan

Competition is simply an unestablished paternship.

~ Tyler Wagner

Your dreams can earn you money and provision when you don’t only have fans, but customers.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

It is much more rewarding to get to the top of the mountain and share your experience with others than to show up by yourself, exausted.

~ #Name?

China is a political beast, with the Party at its heart, and the importance of political and regulatory due diligence cannot be overstated.

~ Jeremy Gordon

A very focused Chinese government, with firm, long-term social and economic goals, and an increasingly assertive international voice, is feeling more pressure from the Chinese dreamers, and is putting more pressure on foreign business interests. The foreign multinationals have their purposes, but also feed resentment that so much of China’s hard work results in easy profits for foreign brands and foreign shareholders. This new reality requires foreign firms to pay much more attention to the social context, and to ensure that they can manage the increased political and regulatory risk. From Risky Business in China (Palgrave, September 2014)

~ Jeremy Gordon

Your manager wants to believe that you enjoy your job, or at least you won't spit in her coffee when she looks away. At the office, attitude counts for a lot.

~ Terri Tierney Clark

The atmosphere you create influence the reception the other person will give you.

~ Unarine Ramaru

Take your dreams off the ground to the clouds of business where your products will contribute to make the world a better place.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you are not good at innovating, be smart in investing.

~ Rifhi Siddiq

Leadership is a skill learned through many venues.

~ Todd Stocker

Everything and everyone represents at least one brand. Therefore, to brand or not to brand is not even a question.

~ Laura Busche

In today’s saturated marketplace, you’ll go nowhere selling a “bunch of features.” We are in the business of disrupting the market with brands that matter.

~ Laura Busche

What is the “Once upon a time” of your brand story? Ask yourself this: “How does what I’m building help consumers close the gap between who they are today and who they want to be tomorrow?

~ Laura Busche

Like life, revenge can be a messy business... And both would be much simpler if only our heads could figure out which way our hearts will go. But the heart has its reasons, of which reason cannot know.

~ Emily Thorne

Be Shameless. Experiment. This is the only way to identify your true passion.

~ Vishwas Mudagal

Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.

~ Alan Kay

The best lesson from the myths of Newton and Archimedes is to work passionately but to take breaks. Sitting under trees and relaxing in baths lets the mind wander and frees the subconscious to do work on our behalf. Freeman Dyson, a world-class physi- cist and author, agrees: “I think it’s very important to be idle...people who keep themselves busy all the time are generally not creative. So I am not ashamed of being idle.

~ Scott Berkun

Capitalize on charm by continually captivating your customer.

~ Ryan Lilly

Entrepreneurs are different beasts. Beasts who don’t give a damn, who kick ass when required, who stand up to a challenge, and who rise time and again with utter disregard to fear or failure. These are the beasts who run the world.

~ Vishwas Mudagal

These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

~ Tom Perrotta

You can run a business any way you like, but you'll run it better if you build it around your strengths.

~ Duncan Bannatyne

I feel like a failure. The expression comes so naturally that we forget it is a figure of speech: the language of business applied to the soul.

~ Scott A. Sandage

20% of management theories are responsible for 80% of results. That’s assuming the Pareto Principle makes the cut.

~ Ryan Lilly

If all the businesses in town are run like country businesses, You are going to have a country town

~ William Faulkner

The potential of controlling and living a successful life according to your terms depends on how you think. Your perception is your world. You can create the life you want and in fact, you can even shape the way you want it.

~ Dee Dee Artner

It is impossible to think big without thinking complex.

~ Duncan Bannatyne

Some people will hate you for pursuing what you love. Make sure you don't love them more.

~ Harsh Snehanshu

Dreams are less influential than actions and actions are less influential than results.

~ Bobby Darnell

Entrepreneurs don’t ask for permission. They act per a mission.

~ Ryan Lilly

TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR, BE A DOER FIRST.IT TAKES “YOU” TO BE THAT!

~ Priyanshu Joshi

Business Plans: It's about the Process, Not the Product

~ Delvin R. Chatterson

Let’s form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we’ll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct.

~ Ryan Lilly

As a child, I used to wonder why markets in my locality were all situated near the main roads. I grew up a little to get the answer; “that business minded people can meet there easily! Your dream must be situated where they can meet people!

~ Israelmore Ayivor