962 private quotes tagged business

“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” — Steve Jobs

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“You don’t have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time.” — Charlie Munger

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“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.” — Richard Branson

Source:http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/complexity-is-your-...

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“Three rules for a career: 1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself; 2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and 3) Work only with people you enjoy.” — Charlie Munger

Source:http://www.gurufocus.com/news/119820/30-of-charlie-munger...

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“I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, 'OK, I'm looking back on my life. I want to minimize the number of regrets I have.'” — Jeff Bezos

Context:On why he started Amazon

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“I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.” — Warren Buffett

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“If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse.” — Henry Ford

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“Take a simple idea and take it seriously.” — Charlie Munger

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“Business can learn about new conditions the same way a gene pool does. I'm not claiming companies can get smarter, just that dumb ones will die.” — Paul Graham

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“We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.” — Jeff Bezos

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“In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts.” — Jeff Bezos

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“Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.” — Jeff Bezos

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“Fail faster, try again sooner.”

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“Quality is earned long after midnight the night before a major launch, pouring over details that no one will notice but you.” — Rob Rhyne

Source:https://twitter.com/capttaco/status/430574690776924160

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“When people give you their money they tell you the truth.” — Jason Fried

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“The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.” — Confucius

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“Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.” — Thomas J. Watson

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“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” — Warren Buffett

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“Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.” — Herbert Hoover

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“Nothing works better than just improving your product.” — Joel Spolsky

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“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“We make silk purses out of silk.” — Warren Buffett

Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I7utGAEhDI&t=1m51s

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“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” — Rupert Murdoch

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“Bring a timer.” — Steve Jobs

Context:To an outsider pushing for just "5 minutes of his time"

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