Quotes About Business

100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company magazine.

Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family, business, etc., with expiration dates, and I update them every 6 months.

Pienso en los problemas como minas de oro. Los problemas más grandes del mundo son las mayores oportunidades de negocio del mundo».

No te preocupes por cuál será tu trabajo… Haz cosas que te interesen y, si las haces bien de verdad, encontrarás la manera de templarlas con una buena oportunidad de negocio"».

Por cada dólar de ingreso que generas, ¿puedes inducir un coste de cinco a diez dólares para los competidores? Si es así, invierte.

You will think it failed for Reason 1, but it failed for Reasons 1 through 5. And so the next business you start will fail for Reason 2, and then for 3 and so on.

Pricing low is shortsighted, because someone else is always willing to sacrifice more profit margin and drive you both bankrupt.

Money in a business is like gas in your car. You need to pay attention so you don't end up on the side of the road. But your trip is not a tour of gas stations.

Es autor de tres superventas entre los que figura The Power of Broke.

Qué cosa hace usted y el mundo no se da cuenta de que es un negociazo de la hostia?».

No es necesario que sacrifiques la integridad de tu arte para tener unos ingresos respetables. Basta con que crees una gran experiencia y cobres por ella.

Most of your startups will fail, so the successes need to make up for losses.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

Cuál es el peor consejo que ves u oyes dar en tu negocio o en tu especialidad?

Sobre Richard Branson: «Lo primero que se plantea con cada negocio es: "¿Cuáles son los inconvenientes? ¿Y cómo me guardo de ellos?".

The Gary Halbert Letter (también conocido como The Boron Letters) y Ogilvy on Advertising.

Here are a few common time-consumers in small businesses with online presences. Submitting articles to drive traffic to site and build mailing lists Participating in or moderating discussion forums and message boards Managing affiliate programs Creating content for and publishing newsletters and blog postings Background research components of new marketing initiatives or analysis of current marketing results Don't expect miracles from a single

I have come to learn that part of the business strategy is to solve the simplest, easiest, and most valuable problem. And actually, in fact, part of doing strategy is to solve the easiest problem, so part of the reason why you work on software and bits is that atoms [physical products] are actually very difficult.

the decision to invest in a startup comes after following a process that is heavily weighted towards EQ (emotional quotient). This process starts with exploring the idea emotionally. Should it pass that hurdle, I then do traditional due diligence, using objective data to validate the entrepreneurs' assumptions around the quantifiable aspects of the business.

Information products are low-cost, fast to manufacture, and time-consuming for competitors to duplicate.

never forget that underneath all the math and the MBA bullshit talk, we are all still emotionally driven human

I believe you shouldn't start a business unless people are asking you to.

I always advise young people to become good public speakers (top 25%). Anyone can do it with practice. If you add that talent to any other, suddenly you're the boss of the people who have only one skill. Or get a degree in business on top of your engineering degree, law degree, medical degree, science degree, or whatever. Suddenly you're in charge, or maybe you're starting your own company using your combined knowledge.

First and foremost, there is a difference between being perceived as an expert and being one. In the context of business, the former is what sells product and the latter, relative to your "minimal customer base," is what creates good products and prevents returns.