Customer Quotes · Page 120

“An entrepreneur’s challenge is to design and successfully implement a new business model.”

— Alexander Osterwalder

No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there.

— Leonard Lauder

“To win, manufacturers must offer more value, in the eyes of the retail customer, than their competitors do. To”

— Greg Thain

“Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after having an experience with you…

— Jay Danzie

We want the best prices we can give our customers, with all our products... But it really is about the quality first…

— Joseph Abboud

Surely I'm not the only person to ask the obvious question: How different, really, is Mr. Madoff's tale from the story of…

— Paul Krugman

The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank.

— Ben Bernanke

If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.

— Richard Branson

Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent…

— Barry Ritholtz

“These four advantages (brand model, direct consumer contact, control of marketing-mix variables and information) mean that once retailers decide to challenge the…

— Greg Thain

If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst…

— Daniel Kahneman

Consumer groups fought hard to provide investor protections for 'special entities' such as pension funds, schools, and municipalities who purchase swaps. No…

— Daniel L. Doctoroff

The financial industry may not be synonymous with economics, but it does control a large enough sector of the global economy to…

— Lionel Shriver

We were always focused on our profit and loss statement. But cash flow was not a regularly discussed topic. It was as…

— Michael Dell

By the 1890s, the leading Wall Street bankers were becoming increasingly disgruntled with their own creation, the National Banking System... while the…

— Murray Rothbard

The tech industry's love for scrappy, accessible founders adds to the pressure. You're expected to lead by example, to roll up your…

— Glenn Kelman

One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the…

— Seth Klarman

We like our current shareholders and don't want to entice anyone to become one. It would help current shareholders to hear our…

— Charlie Munger

“Financial intelligence is made up of these four main technical skills: 1. Accounting Accounting is financial literacy, or the ability to read…

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

“Some people say, "Give the customers what they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're…

— Steve Jobs

“When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to…

— Michael Lewis

What an investor needs is the ability to correctly evaluate selected businesses. Note that word “selected”: You don't have to be an…

— Warren Buffett

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions.…

— Naveen Jain

A possibility is that we see more and more leverage, and credit-to-GDP ratios rise once more to even higher levels; eventually the…

— Alan M. Taylor

Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. It is made by or stopped by the central bank.

— Milton Friedman

Investment philosophy is the clear understanding that by owning shares of stocks he owns businesses, not pieces of paper.

— Warren Buffett

Investor confidence in Adani is fairly high, and most of our investors are long-term investors.

— Gautam Adani

A banker is a person who is willing to make you a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't…

— Herbert V. Prochnow

All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.

— Fred Wilson

Perhaps my number one rule is: Don't try to make a profit on a bad trade, just try to find the best…

— Linda Bradford Raschke

In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.

— Howard Schultz

Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired…

— Mark Twain

I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.

— Christina Romer

Someone who seeks low-risk investments never really feels investing is safe and someone who is always right eventually winds up wrong

— Robert Kiyosaki

An entrepreneur is a leader of excellence, trailblazer and pioneer who constantly brings change to their generation.

— Onyi Anyado

Although the financial crisis, you know, receded a while ago, we kind of never picked up on it.

— Lloyd Blankfein

The first step to success in any business is to ask your customers what they want.

— Kevin Stirtz

Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Until a salesperson gets an order, nobody in the company has a job.

— Chris Gardner

It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future…

— Ray Dalio

Treasurys, as low as yields are, are higher than they are in most other developed countries.

— Gary Shilling