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Business Quotes


"22% of current business-to-business salespeople will be replaced by search engines within the next five years."


"You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got."


"You love the word love but you don't really love and you don't want to love because love, which is really sacrifice, would prevent you from doing what you want to do."


"In this value driven and 'connection economy', skills & talents alone are dime-a-dozen, you need to be able to add value to others and build great connections."


"If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think."


"Everyone loves the idea of "disruption" in business, but no one likes it when it happens to them."


"For all salespeople - Driving around and talking to people for a living, with no recognisable return for the time or money spent by your employer - is a job description that belongs in the past."


"I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information."


"The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas."


"The idea of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, to really make a difference."


"As an entrepreneur you own your business, you expand your brand, you increase your impact, you live with no excuses, and you enjoy your intentional growth daily."


"The power of the brand is not in the name but what has been invested in that name over the years."


"A business plan is like a war plan, when you competitors know about it, it's no longer of any use."


"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."


"Make sure your business is creating a service experience so good that it demands loyalty."


"Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car."


"Everyone is a business person. You must be in the business of managing your time. Managing your time means managing your life. Good time managers are good life managers, and vice versa."


"Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it."


"Customer is a very important key factor that every establishment big or small MUST recognize in other to succeed."


"I only have one plan, to give it my all ... I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR."


"There can be economy only where there is efficiency."


"An effective Board can connect all the right dots well."


"Entrepreneurship is the process of discovering new ways of combining resources to create change " in whatever area of life."


"One of the biggest secrets of success is delegation. Exactly the method Sir Richard Branson uses! If it helped him become a billionaire businessman then it is worth utilizing in your own life/business, etc."


"There are more temptations in business than in any other sphere of the society."


"There is need to focus on selling an emotional experience instead of a mere product or service - the impression you make on others must be lasting and permanent. These experiences have to be positive and worth remembering. This will increase the chances of repeat business and referrals, guaranteeing customer loyalty. And that is what sustains businesses, brands and careers for generations! The principle remains the same for comedians, actors, footballers, musicians, sales executives or any other area of specialty."


"Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry."


"Some people are known, they have the platform and presence, but still remain irrelevant. They know you and what you do, but they don't need you or your offering. I see too many people with a platform but without substance, again this is not sustainable. Lack of substance can only relegate your talent or skill towards the league of the mediocre, if at all you become much by superficial branding then you will become the best of the worst. You don't have what it takes but you depend on your ability to sell substandard offerings to the market. It will not last for long, but quickly become irrelevant."


"An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on."
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