Quotes About Business

There have been many very successful acquirers, where they've bought up companies, and they've grown their earnings very rapidly, and the stock has appreciated tremendously.

Twilio is a great example of a company executing tremendously well on its vision and delivering a beautiful set of products that solves real problems.

Having strong momentum is very important for game platform businesses. Once momentum is lost, great power is needed to change that trend.

Normally, Indian companies follow the trend set by companies abroad. There is usually a long lag period.

The world moves fast. Business moves fast. Digital media moves extremely fast. It is far too easy to allow ourselves to be constantly blown from one trend to the next.

The whole concept of rewarding customers is a big trend.

Think of the sushi trend that started in the '80s. It was as much about the Nintendo entertainment system in your living room as it was about the availability of good-quality raw fish. The Japanese food trend rose as the world of Japanese business and culture was becoming a bigger part of American life.

The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.

In a business that's driven purely by economics, the fact that one or two unique shows happen to get on and reach a public for a brief time doesn't constitute a trend.

You cannot change strategy due to a trend.

I'll tell you what bothers me. This music business is so crazy. They think everything is a game, or everything is a fad or trend to win. I see people saying, 'My next album is going to be my honest album, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, my deepest secrets, the soundtrack to my life.'

In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.

Money is catching up to the technological trends transforming all aspects of society and business; entertainment, insurance, health-care, gaming, leisure, retail - all commercial and social verticals are going digital - including money itself.

When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'

The world of marketing is all about trends and the ability of marketers to identify and cultivate them.

I don't keep up on a lot of the business trends.

I like to believe that I got my business knowledge from my dad. He was able to see trends a long way off. And my mom is very good with people and emotional.

The Trump family's business model is part of a broader shift in corporate structure that has taken place within many brand-based multinationals, one with transformative impacts on culture and the job market, trends that I wrote about in my first book, 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies'.

A lot of people got a lot of money around Kansas City, Missouri. If we didn't, KC Trends would be out of business.

We live in a society that has ever-changing values and ever-changing standards and ever-changing criteria to determine who is a superstar or not. If you want to be a superstar, if you want to main event, if you want to profit in the entertainment business, you have to go with those trends and spearhead new trends.

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

While it's trendy to outsource your accounting to a third party, once you hit a certain size, it's dangerous.

I don't think you last very well in this business if you're trendy because trends come and go.

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