“Buffett observed that they do have filters. A key one is whether they have a good idea of how the business is… — Daniel Pecaut Copy Share Image
Massive elimination is the most important step and the most neglected step for entrepreneurs. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
“A brand is built action by action, just as houses are built brick by brick. Is the identity of your personal brand… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
[T]he first bad bank loan was no doubt made around the time of the opening of the first bank. — James Grant Copy Share Image
In the new economy, we all have to be entrepreneurs with our own lives - with all the rewards and risks and,… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
“He loved the fact that if you got your customer laughing then you had their money in your pocket” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
All of management's efforts for Kaizen boil down to two words: customer satisfaction. — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Brands no longer own their message. They can try to control it, but they do not own it. Today, consumers own the… — Kim Garst Copy Share Image
“In other words, the best marketing decision you can make is to have a product or business that fulfills a real and… — Portfolio Copy Share Image
As regards this country, in which protection has always to some extent existed, it is the best customer that England ever had,… — Henry Charles Carey Copy Share Image
Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy… — Richard Grasso Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur, the latitude of failure and of success is directly correlated to people. I am growing more and more attentive… — Caroline Ghosn Copy Share Image
I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately; they always distort it in some way or another and the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“It is the responsibility of sales management to make the job of the sales people as easy as possible. The easiest way… — David B. Black Copy Share Image
Most progressive critics don't want to destroy the power of the Fed to regulate the macroeconomy and finance. They want to regain… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
Every day, possibly every hour as an entrepreneur, you do something that you absolutely could have done better with more time, more… — Jane Park Copy Share Image
“Founders who consistently make decisions that build wealth are more likely to achieve what I call a “Rich” outcome (greater financial gains,… — Noam Wasserman Copy Share Image
“Chesky was moving slowly, but at the same time, he was frustrated that his imagined success wasn’t arriving quickly enough. “Every day… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
I still believe that for good business analysts a concentrated portfolio is a good strategy combined with a long term horizon. Once… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“Graham’s definition of investing could not be clearer: “An invest- ment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science and vision are not opposites or even at odds. They need each other. I sometimes hear other startup folks say something… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“Trying to win mindspace from established brands in low-interest product fields simply by communicating to the consumer is a hit-and-miss affair, to… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
Inflationary trends are under way. Wage increases, through strikes or threatened strikes, are rampant. Government expenditures are ballooning ominously. Hoarding has contributed… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest things you need to be equipped before taking your entrepreneur plunge is to have a strong chemistry with… — Sandeep Aggarwal Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs are misfits to the core. They forge ahead, making their own path and always, always, question the status quo. — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
If you already have some amount of significant traction with customers, either in usage or in revenue, you should very quickly try… — Dave McClure Copy Share Image
The individual dynamics going on within a venture fund are critically important to you. Unfortunately, they're also very opaque. — Heidi Roizen Copy Share Image
You have to know what your customers think about your product and where you sit, relatively speaking. You have to know what's… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time or he'll soon have… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
In almost every walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at… — James Grant Copy Share Image
Big banks have long had private equity divisions that put up capital for deals too complex or risky for individual shareholders to… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?' — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
The fundamental work of investment management is filtering. The question is what do you filter. — Donald Luskin Copy Share Image
Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“William J. Bernstein and Robert D. Arnott, “Earnings Growth: The Two Percent Dilution,” Financial Analysts Journal 59:5 (September/October, 2003): 47–55.” — William Bernstein Copy Share Image
Buy low and sell high. It's pretty simple. The problem is knowing what's low and what's high. — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
To succeed in sales, simply talk to lots of people every day. And here's what's exciting: There are lots of people! — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
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