“It seems that the uglier the stock, the better the return, even when the valuations are comparable.” — Tobias E. Carlisle Copy Share Image
I think prices have been moving more on speculation than reality. But this is a market that has been driven by fear… — James Williams Copy Share Image
The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way. — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Three components make an entrepreneur: the person, the idea and the resources to make it happen. — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
“The key to great marketing is remembering that even though you’re all about your brand, your customer is not.” — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
The person who I admire most in business is Warren Buffett. He is a long-term investor and has brilliant ideas, and he… — Bernard Arnault Copy Share Image
After-sales service is more important than assistance before sales. It is through such service that one gets permanent customers. — Konosuke Matsushita Copy Share Image
We are not a trading company. We are a midstream asset company: pipe, storage and terminals. It's an unsexy, dirty business. It's… — Richard Kinder Copy Share Image
Discussions of the economy, especially during times of crisis, are often framed in terms of lessons we supposedly learned during the Depression… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
When you're underperforming the index, you go home at night and cry in your beer. It's not fun, but who said this… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
Part of the game of investing is to come into your own. You must find some way that perfectly fits your personality… — Li Lu Copy Share Image
A hedge fund manager whose clients demand monthly performance reports has different needs than any individual investors with a 20-year time horizon.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs, by disposition, are built to think big. When a role no longer affords those opportunities, it might be best to leave… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
“Buffett is known for thinking carefully when those around him lose their heads. “Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ,” he has… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In the startup work environment, you get to have a relationship with your boss, the investors, and the key members of the… — Clay Clark Copy Share Image
So you can get very remarkable investment results if you think more like a winning pari-mutuel player. Just think of it as… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“As anyone who starts a business knows, it is a fantastic race. There is a statistic that hangs over your head -… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
'Crowd folly', the tendency of humans, under some circumstances, to resemble lemmings, explains much foolish thinking of brilliant men and much foolish… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I believe Washington should be a more active participant focusing on the issue of why corporate shareholders and mutual fund shareholders are… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
I believe that the behavior of too many of our corporations investment bankers and fund managers has jeopardized some of the trust… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“Have we identified a problem a customer wants solved? Does our product solve these customer needs? If so, do we have a… — Steven Gary Blank Copy Share Image
Global central banks are working hard to lift their economies through an aggressively easy monetary policy. The ECB [European Central Bank] and… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
The way to make money in the stock market is to buy a stock. Then, when it goes up, sell it. If… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories. — Alexander Osterwalder Copy Share Image
In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand. — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
“Ironically, startups were often crippled by the very methodology they traditionally used to build new products.” — Steven Gary Blank Copy Share Image
I don't know any successful entrepreneur that doesn't have at least a handful of stories about the things they did that went… — Heidi Roizen Copy Share Image
Your brand's power lies in dominance. It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets. — Al Ries Copy Share Image
Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization. — Seth Copy Share Image
“you must remove the walls between your sales and marketing organization and product development.” — Sean Ellis Copy Share Image
The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Giving consumers the power to keep their phone numbers when they switch carriers has been great for consumers and businesses alike. — Ajit Pai Copy Share Image
“Customers don’t care about your solution. They care about their problems. —Dave McClure, 500 Startups” — Ash Maurya Copy Share Image
With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. a small movement can… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Marketing is not inherently bad. That's just dumb. That's said by somebody that isn't doing enough work. — Paula Scher Copy Share Image