Quotes About Strategy

It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.

Those who do not study their businesses do not stay in business.

If you want to sustain excellence over a long time, you'd better come up with a system that works well. Anyone can sprint for a little while, but you can't sprint for forty years.

If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.

There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership.

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

While creating a social brand is a necessary endeavor, building a social business is an investment...

Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles.

Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.

We always look at the margin of safety in the balance sheet and then worry about the business.

I believe that if you don't have systems, you don't have a business - you simply have a job for yourself. My challenge has been to build those systems in a new restaurant setting.

Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people.

So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.

Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site.

You don't run a business hoping you don't have a recession.

It's the economy, stupid.

Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's.

Take care of your customers, and you will have a successful business. Don't, and you won't. The airlines need to figure this out - soon.

You can increase the odds of spotting the weak points in your approach if you really think about the end-to-end business model you plan to follow - how you plan to create, capture, and deliver value.

When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business. Now, everything comes from the numbers.

In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.

You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.

The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable.

Data is great, but strategy is better