Adapt Quote by Todd Rundgren

One of the people who most influenced me was Ben Shapiro, a marketing professor at the business school. He used to rant and rave…

— Thomas G. Stemberg

I have a lot of dislike for the business end of the music business, particularly what they call shopping for a label. It can…

— Grant Hart

The way customers relate to brands and how profit is generated has changed so dramatically almost every professional is being challenged to reconsider what…

— Simon Mainwaring

I learned from growing a business that it's important to listen to everyone how we can do better.

— Mike Braun

Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.

— Daniel Ek

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.

— Ross Perot

“Unconscious consumerism preys on the uncentered. Once we lose touch with our center, we don’t know who we are anymore, and marketers fill the…

— Jeff Brown

I got fed up with the idea of partnering with labels on a major scale because of how they have to deliver things. They…

— The-Dream

I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals…

— Janet Fitch

Always listen to your customers.

— Joel Salatin

I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to…

— Emeli Sande

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the…

— Ian MacKaye