In a two-sided market, focusing on the customer will increase a business's ability to extract value from the supply side. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
No. 1 records are fine, but in 2016, they just don't mean as much any more - the currency has changed. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Location is the key to most businesses, and the entrepreneurs typically build their reputation at a particular spot. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
A.I.G. was even larger than Lehman, with a substantial presence in derivatives and debt markets, as well as in insurance markets. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast. — Tony Hsieh Copy Share Image
“reason, guerrilla marketing preaches fervent follow-up —continually staying in touch with customers—and listening to them.” — Jay Conrad Levinson Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. It is a high-risk, high-reward proposition. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
It is unlikely that others would even demand their money back overnight, for doing so would lead to the value of the… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The bubble, as investing phenomenon, has been well studied ever since the 17th-century tulip bulb frenzy. Its counterpart in bear markets is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must remember, success will never… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
The financial crisis of 2008-09 was in large part the result of the so-called 'success' of people who did not understand their… — Li Lu Copy Share Image
Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something… — Howard Finster Copy Share Image
If the Fed is omniscient, why didn't they pull back on the excess money supply that inflated the massive housing bubble that… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
If you aren't going to make your revenue plan, it's unlikely you'll make your EBITDA or Net Income plan. You don't even… — Brad Feld Copy Share Image
The first task of the Federal Reserve system would be to finance the World War. The European nations were already bankrupt, because… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
The general culture of investment banking has deteriorated over the years. We did a $6 million deal years ago for Diversified Retailing… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set;… — James Chanos Copy Share Image
“Manufacturers have one advantage that can never be overcome if used with focus, vigour and investment, and that is innovation. Yogurt, seemingly… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
Our customer base isn't just people saying, 'I'm an environmentalist, I'm in my Birkenstocks, I went to Woodstock.' Solar is a bipartisan… — Lynn Jurich Copy Share Image
If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Credit expansion is the governments' foremost tool in their struggle against the market economy. In their hands it is the magic wand… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In the late 1990s, Mugabe's misguided policies sent our economy and agricultural productivity, our country's lifeblood, plummeting into the abyss. To make… — Roy Bennett Copy Share Image
If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
What about stocks? You got to buy them. What if they break? You have to buy the dips. — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I think what's happened is that the general public has become much more aware of the destructive power of Wall Street. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
Customers are speaking to you implicitly via their behavior, captured in the footprints they leave behind in your systems. — Robert G. Thompson Copy Share Image
“From the boardroom to the front line, you need to believe that, the customer is the lifeline of the business.” — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
“focus on the stories behind the logo—create current positive experiences and long-lasting “wow”s to delight and move your market into comfort and… — Scott Stratten Copy Share Image
Every day were saying, 'How can we keep this customer happy?' How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this, because… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt, — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
Authentic brands don't emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does... — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
“Some airline gate agents are habitually canceling customer airline tickets for silly reasons.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Truly brilliant marketing happens when you take something most people think of as a weakness and reposition it so people think of… — Reed Hastings Copy Share Image
We have issued financial instruments in the past, and there is a strong demand for them, it is simply unnecessary now. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
The shadow banking sector has played an important role in cleaning up toxic assets. — Anshu Jain Copy Share Image
“Investing money is the process of committing resources in a strategic way to accomplish a specific objective.” — Alan Gotthardt Copy Share Image
