“A critical test of any product: Does it have a purpose? Does it add value to the world? How will it improve… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
You know, magic markets don't appear all the time, so you take advantage of them. — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don't like blood… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
Customer service should not be a department, customer service is everyone's job. — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
You're looking for a mispriced gamble. That's what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Starting a company is like going to war. You can't do anything else but be fully engaged. You have to be insanely,… — Audrey MacLean Copy Share Image
You know, a balance-sheet is like a bikini, it shows more but it hides what is vital. I learnt to read a… — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
The difference between Sales and Marketing is that Marketing owns the message and Sales owns the relationship. — John Jantsch Copy Share Image
Even if this advice to portfolio decision makers to drop dead is good advice, it obviously is not counsel that will be… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
What I've come to find out is it doesn't matter if you're selling a $10,000 gown or toilet paper: The everyday sort… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I tell aspiring entrepreneurs all the time: Validate your idea locally. Get some experience under your belt. Prove your idea has legs… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
You heard Eric 'Kiddie' Cantor say that he was afraid of mob rule down on Wall Street. Oh, you're afraid, little cutie… — Gerald Celente Copy Share Image
The gross profits in many workouts appear quite small. It's a little like looking for parking meters with some time left on… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Wall Street, with its army of brokers, analysts, and advisers funneling trillions of dollars into mutual funds, hedge funds, and private equity… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The need to engage businesses and decision makers with customers can only increase in importance, and as it does, the market research… — Alex Johnston Copy Share Image
If the response you finally receive from me is 'thanks but no thanks', then please accept at face value that I would… — David S. Rose Copy Share Image
It is all about finding the entrepreneurs who we believe in. Entrepreneurs who have the wherewithal, the enthusiasm, the passion, the expertise,… — Amy Nauiokas Copy Share Image
The government - the ultimate short-term-oriented player - cannot withstand much pain in the economy or the financial markets. Bailouts and rescues… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
When you buy enough stocks to give you control of a target company, that's called mergers and acquisitions or corporate raiding. Hedge… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I have resigned from the professional undertaking of coin flipping. I am not here to tell you where gold's going to be.… — Hugh Hendry Copy Share Image
I know of a few multimillionaires who started trading with inherited wealth. In each case, they lost it all because they didn't… — William Eckhardt Copy Share Image
Often, there is no correlation between the success of a company's operations and the success of its stock over a few months… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn't get sued for making bad investment choices… — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
Everyone is a buyer, everyone's a potential purchaser and everyone's a potential vendor. — Joe Hockey Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow’s brands will not out-code each other. They will out-care each other.” — Warren Kornblum Copy Share Image
If only one word is to be used to describe what Baupost does, that word should be: 'Mispricing'. We look for mispricing… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
It is intellectually dishonest to lump venture investors with hedge fund and buy-out investors. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, 'let's be simple minded. We know this is a feature… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Startups are all about breaking the rules and changing the 'natural order' of things. So let's do that for Series A terms. — Gil Penchina Copy Share Image
“Because that is what a startup has to do: question received ideas and rethink business from scratch.” — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
It is very hip to be an angel investor now. There used to be a dozen, two dozen guys at these demo… — Chris Sacca Copy Share Image
Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit. — Austin Ligon Copy Share Image
The Obama administration's plan is to have the Federal Reserve regulate banks that might pose a 'systemic risk' if they were to… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
The deal machinations many companies put themselves through, while certainly a bonanza for investment bankers, can confound the typical investor. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
“You don’t need a business plan. You need a customer, a product, and a reason to keep showing up.” — Joseph C. Kunz Jr Copy Share Image
The Congress has tasked the Federal Reserve with achieving stable prices and maximum employment - the dual mandate. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
“Fearful investors sell their stocks the moment prices drop while confident ones see those drops as opportunities to own better businesses at… — Olawale Daniel Copy Share Image
You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation. — Judd Gregg Copy Share Image
