Quotes About Business

I could never say that I wouldn't consider selling the Knicks.

The UFC is a very serious business, it's not the WWE. Guys break their arms and get knocked out in there.

The biggest challenge being an entrepreneur is knowing what you are good at and what you need to build on.

Everyone knows that if you can keep on making money, everyone's happy.

The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also an investor and entrepreneur.

It's an open secret: Even now, in the 21st century, Korean executives often consult spiritual advisers before making major business decisions - decisions that can affect their employees around the world.

Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.

How do you get things out of your head, out of your lab, and into the world? If you're not part of the economic community, there's a chance... you'll fall behind.

The label does what's good for the label. Always.

At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.

I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.

Can a label group by itself scale to make a sensible business? I don't think so.

The big thing is I'm not with a major label. I've been independent since the get-go, and I've been very lucky to get some good advice on keeping hold of copyright and that kind of stuff.

I'm looking at EarDrummers like a boutique label, like an Interscope or a Def Jam.

The business of a label is to make money - my business is to make music. I'm gonna get paid if I do it right.

Like Mr. Trump, an entrepreneur and business man by trade, I have seen, first-hand, the importance of the 'Made in the U.S.A.' label.

I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.

I truly believe, as an institution, most major labels should just die.

The labels are in a jam. For a company to do well in music now, it's got to be in all aspects of the business. And Live Nation is the risk-taker. It's leading the charge.

Major labels don't play with samples not being cleared.

There are just as many dirt bags in independent music as there are in major labels.

I've seen a lot of artists fall out with their labels and be irrelevant when they come back.

Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.

We may not have the cheapest labor costs, but where we can compete is innovation. Historically, that's been Connecticut's strength, and it can be again.