Money managers have to account for their actions to their shareholders, which means they have an undue fear of underperformance. We invest… — Richard Chandler Copy Share Image
You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along with it.… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
You have to figure out what conversion means in your case. What does retention mean? What does activation mean? For every business,… — Stewart Butterfield Copy Share Image
People in private equity complain that they have so much capital and so few places to invest. But you have lots of… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
“Dedicated product teams in direct dialogue with customers always find ways to specify value more accurately and often learn of ways to… — James P. Womack Copy Share Image
Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are… — David Dreman Copy Share Image
The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that's at least 10 times better at doing something… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
The recovery of the banks is what happens when you reduce competition, lend money to them at zero interest rates, allow them… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion.… — John Bruton Copy Share Image
“Importance of price: Price is imperative for FMCG retailers, much more so than for manufacturers. Retailers must constantly keep their real prices competitive… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Sales tasks are determined by a firm’s strategy and choices, and selling behaviors are driven by the sales control systems and culture—not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Smart people tend to enjoy thinking about a lot of things at once. I'd say entrepreneurs should be serial monogamists; do one… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image
When you read that UBS did not even view parts of its mortgage portfolio as having market risk, it becomes very obvious… — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
I had begun to worry about the housing market back in 2003, when lenders first resurrected interest-only mortgages, loosening their credit standards… — Michael Burry Copy Share Image
The business of selling is not just about matching viable solutions to the customers that require them. It’s equally about managing the… — Jeff Thull Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is a mindset. You have to see things as opportunities all the time. I like to do interviews. I… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
At the end of every day, having a clientele that speaks well of you, that's the largest source of business. I don't… — Charles R. Schwab Copy Share Image
I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking for them. But the fact that they… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Markets cant think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets, which is why the important things in… — Susan George Copy Share Image
Rule One. You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets. An asset is something that puts… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
If firms were made to hire according to quotas, it might optimize the percentage of women in the industry, but that doesn't… — Gillian Tans Copy Share Image
The Vanguard Experiment was designed to prove that mutual funds could operate independently, and do so in a manner that would directly… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
You've got to choose your horse ahead of time. So, if you're interested in water technology, energy technology, you get to choose… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Many small businesses are doomed from day one, not from competition or the economy, but from the ignorance of their owners .… — William Manchee Copy Share Image
Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It's not just about entertainment - it's about education. Permission marketing… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur isn’t just a job title, and it isn’t just about starting a company. It’s a state of mind. It’s… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
You take something like RingCentral. It doesn't need any more money or financing: it is relatively mature, recurring revenue business - not… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
“Relative to manufacturers, retailers have huge fixed costs and miniscule margins: this makes their profits more susceptible to small changes in volume… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
The key role of entrepreneurs, like the most crucial role of scientists, is not to fill in the gaps in an existing… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
“The U.S. stock market was now a class system, rooted in speed, of haves and have-nots. The haves paid for nanoseconds; the… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
If a brand genuinely wants to make a social contribution, it should start with who they are, not what they do. For… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
If you have information that a company is not as good as its stock market valuation, you don't have a way to… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
The success of the stock connect program and the increased market volatility means investors are looking for more products to access China… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
If you're pitching to investors for the first time and expecting them to be so blown away by how thoroughly amazing your… — David Cohen Copy Share Image
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
