--- title: "6 Successful Enterprises Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 6 Successful Enterprises quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Successful Enterprises sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/blake-mycoskie-4833_business_simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful_2081762.png" --- > [“Simplicity is a core goal in successful enterprises, trust is the most important quality you bring to your company, and, finally giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-mycoskie/simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful-enterprises-trust-is-the-most/) [Blake Mycoskie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-mycoskie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/blake-mycoskie-4833_business_simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful_2081762.png) > [The more successful enterprises are the more they try to replicate, duplicate, codify what makes us great. And suddenly they're inward thinking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gerstner/the-more-successful-enterprises-are-the-more-they-try-to-replicate/) [Lou Gerstner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gerstner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/lou-gerstner-21499_business_the-more-successful-enterprises-are-the_2295106.png) > [Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-v-gerstner-jr/successful-enterprises-are-built-from-the-ground-up-you-can-t/) [Louis V. Gerstner, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-v-gerstner-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/louis-v-gerstner-jr-48238_acquisitions_successful-enterprises-are-built-from-th_2519144.jpg) > [If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gerstner/if-life-was-so-easy-that-you-could-just-go-buy-success-there-would-be-2/) [Lou Gerstner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gerstner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/lou-gerstner-21499_business_if-life-was-so-easy-that-you-could-just_2629530.png) > [“The most successful enterprises today are networks—which extract as little value as possible so they can grow as big as possible—and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-jarvis/the-most-successful-enterprises-today-are-networks-which-extract-as/) [Jeff Jarvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-jarvis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/jeff-jarvis-19696_business_the-most-successful-enterprises-today-ar_2630480.jpg) > [“They teach that having a story may be the most important part of your new venture; that fear can be useful; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-mycoskie/they-teach-that-having-a-story-may-be-the-most-important-part-of-your/) [Blake Mycoskie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-mycoskie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/blake-mycoskie-4833_business_they-teach-that-having-a-story-may-be-th_3187036.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/successful-enterprises/#itemlist", "name": "Successful Enterprises Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Simplicity is a core goal in successful enterprises, trust is the most important quality you bring to your company, and, finally giving may be the best investment you’ll ever make.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blake Mycoskie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-mycoskie/simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful-enterprises-trust-is-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/blake-mycoskie-4833_business_simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful_2081762.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/blake-mycoskie-4833_business_simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful_2081762.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/blake-mycoskie-4833_business_simplicity-is-a-core-goal-in-successful_2081762.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Simplicity is a core goal in successful enterprises, trust is the most important quality you bring to your…” — Blake Mycoskie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The more successful enterprises are the more they try to replicate, duplicate, codify what makes us great. 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