Quotes About Strategy

The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top.

If I had to do it all over again, rather than build an old style type of business, I would have started building a network marketing business.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.

Sun Cellular is the biggest investment in my business career.

What do you mean "gangsters"? It's business.

Business is tough; you need tough guys.

I'd rather have a $10 million business making 15 per cent than a $100 million business making 5 per cent.

People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.

Managers think of themselves as captains of a ship on a stormy sea. Risk for them is danger, but they are fighting it, very controlled.

The fact is that if you don't have an effective, efficient plan for selling, any business you get is accidental.

If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?

Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.

In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either.

A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.

At the end of the day in business, it's not about peer review and getting into a scientific journal. You either increase sales, or not.

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.

Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.

Set your business plan to win; raise the bar or you're not going to be prepared. You need to think that what you're doing will make you $100 million.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.