Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Most of the policies that support robust economic growth in the long run are outside the province of the central bank. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In a service situation, each delay can mean many unsatisfied customers, each one telling many more. — Ron Kaufman Copy Share Image
Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Customers will want to talk to you if they believe you can solve their problems. — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles. — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
If you're selling something on Craiglist, it's never a good idea to end the description with, May have lice. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
In the interest rate area, traders have for a long time used a version of what is known as Black's model for… — John Hull Copy Share Image
I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
If you want a simple model for predicting the unemployment rate in the United States over the next few years, here it… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The key thing about any fund is to make sure its expenses are low. You know, if you look at the funds… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
“Startup success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Startup success can… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The 'blind trust' is an age-old ruse. You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don't invest… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings (potential). People are more optimistic and… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
“gaining shelfspace has become a more strategic challenge for manufacturers. Shelfspace has to be won by planning product offerings to satisfy not… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
It is crucial to have a strategy in place before problems hit, precisely because no one can accurately predict the future direction… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
“Research your competition enough to learn from them but not so much to be intimidated by them. If you can look at… — Christy Wright Copy Share Image
“Burry did not think investing could be reduced to a formula or learned from any one role model. The more he studied… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“When the Goldman Sachs saleswoman called Mike Burry and told him that her firm would be happy to sell him credit default… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“Today’s investor is so concerned with anticipating the future that he is already paying handsomely for it in advance. Thus what he… — Benjamin Graham^David L.Dodd Copy Share Image
“Prisoners of hope describes salespeople who have, for the most part, stopped working the sales process and ceased pursuing new opportunities because… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“CUSTOMER: Do you have this children's book I've heard about? It's supposed to be very good. It's called "Lionel Richie and the… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
Customers don't care about rivalries between corporations, they care about getting the best value for their money. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
We don't really believe there's much room for the creation of new currencies if there is no real backing for a hard… — Sergio Ermotti Copy Share Image
All companies incur expenses, some of which are fixed and bear no relation to sales volumes. In this way, profits can grow… — Li Lu Copy Share Image
Investors like to invest based on traction, so it's always better to raise money when you've got more traction than less. — Michael Seibel Copy Share Image
My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system. — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
I have no issue with raising minimum wage, but then the customer can't say to us, 'Why are you raising your prices?' — Tilman J. Fertitta Copy Share Image
“You’ll get used to it,” he said. “As soon as the customer sees the product, they want one just like it, only… — Mike Reeves-McMillan Copy Share Image
Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy - especially when the economy… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Margin trading will drive the lion's share of our revenue, which is like a loan that lets people have more money to… — Baiju Bhatt Copy Share Image
In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
As an Old Navy style attendant, I'm all about upgrading your bare basics and presenting them to your customer as basics you… — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
Real short- and long-term rates were relatively high in the late-1990s, so financial excess can also arise without a low-rate environment. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
