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Survival Quotes by Richard Branson
- We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have…
- Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.
- Don't wait till you are big before you begin building your brand. Build a brand from scratch alongside your business.
- Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.
- Build your own business team. Survival in business requires a synergy of skills.
- Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.
- If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are a bigger company.…
- Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.
- Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.
- Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.
- Learn to live on the edge.
- Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.
- Listen to the customer's complaint and act fast.
- Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions.
- Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses.
- Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and…
- Follow your instincts and live with the consequences.
- Avoid litigations. They are expensive and consume loads of time but if you have got a good case and a better chance of winning; then…
- Free publicity and word of mouth is probably the best and cheapest form of advertising. Learn to use it to your advantage.
- Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks,…
- Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.
- And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.
- I think a lot of becoming an entrepreneur is something which people have to learn just from getting out there and giving it a go,…
More Survival Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood
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- Action is the antidote to despair. — Joan Baez
- For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to… — Gary Bauer
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