"Successful companies create value by providing products or……" — Charles Koch
"Successful companies create value by providing products or services their customers value more highly than available alternatives. They do this while consuming fewer resources, leaving more resources available to satisfy other needs in society. Value creation involves making people's lives better. It is contributing to prosperity in society."
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39 Quotes by Charles Koch
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Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favor of a few influential…
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In general, an asset should be sold when it has greater value to a buyer. This happens when a buyer…
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We strive to hire and retain only those who embrace our MBM® Guiding Principles, which encompass integrity, compliance, value creation,…
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Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.
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No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society…
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When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.
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Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having…
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Repeatedly asking for government help undermines the foundations of society by destroying initiative and responsibility. It is also a fatal…
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I want my legacy to be greater freedom, greater prosperity and a better way of life for my family, our…
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As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to…
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Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity…
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We have the best leaders and the most depth of leadership we've ever had. If I get hit by a…
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You got to be just stupid to not be focused on alternative energy.
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Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
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